It's Triple celebration for DP Ruto today!!
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| DP William Ruto in a past graduation ceremony. |
This
means that Ruto who calls himself 'hustler' will now be officially
addressed as Dr William Ruto”.
Ruto will be graduating
after defending his thesis on the 'Influence of Anthropogenic Activities on
Land Use in Western Kenya'.
He defended his thesis
at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nairobi. His doctorate
thesis touches on one of the problems being experienced at the moment as
government embarked on the fight against rogue property developers who erect
structures on riparian land.
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| DP William Ruto (right) on the field doing the research for his Doctorate degree thesis. |
The DP will graduate
alongside 9,000 other graduands at the UoN square beginning 7:30 am.
His name,
alongside six other UoN graduands, was approved and published by the university
Senate last month during a session chaired by Vice-chancellor Peter Mbithi.
It has taken Ruto six
year of hard work to attain his Doctorate status. In 2016, he failed to
graduate because he had not met all the coursework requirements. The DP
has a Bachelor’s degree in Botany and Zoology and a Master’s degree in Plant
Ecology.
Ruto started his
schooling at Kerotet Primary School before joining Wareng Secondary School for
his O’Levels. He proceeded for his A’levels at Kapsabet Boys in Nandi.
Ruto
holds a Bachelor's degree in Botany and Zoology from the University of Nairobi.
He graduated in 1990 and a Masters in Plant Ecology in 2011.
Ruto
was earlier set to graduate for his doctorate two years ago.
Philomena Mwilu, the Deputy Chief Justice, Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa and Meru Senator Mithika Linturi will also be
conferred with masters of law.
According to data at the Ministry of Education,
Kenya has less than 10,000 Ph.D. holders. Only 369 students graduated in 2017.
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