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OFFICIALS have denied reports that the daughter of Deputy President William Ruto has been appointed as deputy ambassador.
However officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Deputy President confirmed that his daughter June Ruto has recently joined the ministry in Nairobi.
Social media has been alleging that Ruto's daughter is a second year university student and is about to become deputy ambassador to Sweden.
In reality June Ruto has a Masters degree in International Studies from the University of Queensland, Australia and a bachelor degree in Diplomacy from the United States International University in Nairobi.
“It is not true that she has been posted as a deputy ambassador. In fact, she is a very junior officer working as an international relations and trade officer under the America directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said an official from the ministry.
Despite the denial by the government officials, the alleged appointment has caused ripples in Ruto’s URP party.
At a meeting was held in Karen on Wednesday night, some URP party officials accused the deputy president of behaving like former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who in 2010 appointed his sister Wenwa Akinyi Odinga as the Consul General in Los Angeles.
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