Deputy President William Ruto Quickly Updates Twitter Bio after Acquiring PhD
Deputy President William Ruto has changed his Twitter handle bio hours after he acquired a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Plant Ecology from the University of Nairobi (UoN).
Ruto's social media account now reflects his newly acquired academic status and now reads “Dr. William Somoei Ruto, Ph.D.”
“Elated to graduate with a PhD in Plant Ecology from the University of Nairobi. It has taken God’s divine will; painstaking work; maintaining a delicate balance between a hectic schedule and research to add to my academic honors. For many, it would have been easier to give up,” Ruto says in a tweet.
Ruto enrolled for the programme in 2012 and was scheduled to graduate in 2016, but was left out of the graduation list after failing to meet coursework requirements.
"I was delighted to witness my deputy being awarded a doctorate degree at the 60th UoN graduation. I urge Kenyans graduating from various higher institutions of learning to use their acquired knowledge to build a strong, united, prosperous and cohesive nation," President Kenyatta says in a post on his Twitter handle.
Ruto holds a bachelor’s degree in Botany and Zoology and a postgraduate degree in Plant Ecology from the same institution.
Comments (7)
The problem with Kenya Education system is not 8-4-4.
It’s the universities.
Majority of people with PhD from Nairobi university from 2010 to date, bought those PhD.
William Ruto masters degree should also be looked at.
PhD cost ksh 400,000 —Nairobi university
Bachelors degree and masters cost ksh 200,000- ksh 300,000.
A country with people who hold real credentials without knowledge is going nowhere. That’s a type of stupidity.
We need secession.
Congratulations for achieving a PhD. You are a motivational and a good rôle model to many.
I wish you a joyful and prosperous endeavor in your day to day operations.
Someone should inform Ruto that once you put “Dr.” from the beginning of your name you don’t need to indicate “PhD” again at the end.
You are right. It is either "Dr. William Ruto" or "William Ruto, PhD."
Typically the former is used in both in spoken and written language. The later is typically an official sign off in important documents(I hear it would be ridiculous to introduce yourself as "I am GoodDay, One2ManyDayz, PhD.")
If he attended the real school he would have known. That is, this tip would have come naturally but guess what, there is nothing natural about his doctorate.
congratulations Dr William somoe Ruto for UA PH D.wenye wifu wameze wembe.famous jealous of Dp know themselves, shame on them
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