By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday denied that he did not at any time order the creation of “office of the First Daughter”, insisting that no such office exists in the country.
“Leave my daughter Charlene alone, you know these are kids, they’re just being children, you know very well that there is no such office…. she is just being the daughter of William Ruto and sometimes she doesn’t know the divide between the president and the father,” Mr Ruto told journalists at State House, Nairobi.
Since her father’s inauguration in September, Charlene Ruto has held several high-profile events and meetings under the title despite the non-existence of such office in Kenyan law.
The activities of the president’s daughter had prompted questions over whether she was using taxpayers’ money.
But last month she denied that public money was being used to fund what she called the “Office of the First Daughter”.
She said: “The Office of the First Daughter is a private entity. It is neither a constitutional office nor is it being funded by the Kenyan taxpayer.”
