Office tenure (for pulse): 29 Dec 1997 – present · still serving
How to read Member of Parliament William Samoei Ruto's Hansard record
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In office: 29 Dec 1997 – present (still serving) · Member of Parliament William Samoei Ruto
Official term may start 29 Dec 1997; floor speeches on this site begin 29 Sept 2022.
Pulse for 2011 while in office — denser squares mean more floor contributions that day. Days outside this office tenure are blank. Chair / Temporary Speaker turns are excluded. Blank days in office may mean no floor speech, a sitting not yet published, or no sitting.
Full tenure (on this site): 2 floor contributions on 1 sitting day.
0 contributions across 0 sitting days in 2011 for Member of Parliament William Samoei Ruto.
Dr William Samoei Ruto, C.G.H., is the 5th President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, having assumed office on 13 September 2022.
He previously served as the Deputy President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Prior to that, he was the Member of Parliament for Eldoret North (1997 to 2013) and held several cabinet positions in the national government, including Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology.
He holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and PhD in Plant Ecology from the University of Nairobi.
National Assembly Hansard — 29 September 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Asanteni sana, tafadhali tuketi.
The Hon. Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate, Hon. Members of the National Assembly and the Senate, by the grace of God, it is my pleasure to address this inaugural Session of the 13th Parliament f…
Asanteni sana, tafadhali tuketi.
The Hon. Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate, hon. Members of the National Assembly and the Senate, by the grace of God, it is my pleasure to address this inaugural Session of the 13th Parliament f…
