My Father is a Chicken Farmer – Charlene Ruto Narrates Humble Background in US
President William Ruto’s daughter Charlene Ruto took the President’s hustling image abroad on Sunday when she told a United Nations Summit that her father is a chicken farmer, the foundation of her humble beginnings in Agriculture.
Charlene, while addressing the delegates at the United Nations’ Summit of the Future Action Day in New York, USA, added that her mother, the first lady, is a flower farmer and good with running kitchen gardens.
‘’My father is a chicken farmer while my mother, Rachel Ruto, is a flower farmer and she is great with kitchen farmers and does amazing kitchen gardens,’’ Charlene stated.
The first daughter, who has been the subject of online controversies on her campaigns, also told the delegates that she is a bee farmer, insisting that the business has vast opportunities for young people.
‘’I do beekeeping and sell honey as a business and when I got into the business I realized it has a vast of opportunities for the young people,” she added.
A photo collage of Charlene Ruto together with Daddy Owen’s mother and the musician during her visit to Kakamega on January 2, 2024.
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Daddy Owen
Charlene, who is the founder of Smart Mechanized Agriculture & Climate Action for Humanity & Sustainability (SMACHS), told the delegates that she was motivated to work with other partners to lower the average age of a farmer from the age of 69 to 16 years.
‘’We can work together to change the average age of a farmer in Kenya from 69 to 16 years,’’ she added.
She also asked the delegates to visit Kenya for an experience to see Kenya’s rich tourism sector including the swimming lions of Kenya.
‘’Allow me to welcome you to Kenya as we have beautiful beaches and the only country with a park within a national city as well as swimming lions,’’ Charlene added.
Charlene, who came to the public limelight in 2022, in the run-up to the elections, has been a subject of controversies online with many people viewing her as too motivated for issues surrounding youth affairs.
The United Nations’ Summit of the Future Action Day happening in New York is an event organised by the United Nations to elevate the voice of youth in the multilateral system.
Charlene Ruto is representing her foundation at the event in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly where President Ruto is expected to attend.
First Daughter Charlene Ruto speaking in Embu County on April 16, 2023.
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Charlene Ruto
