Charlene Ruto: I Made Profits Selling Smokie Kachumbari At Daystar University
The most visible of President William Ruto children, Charlene Ruto, made money selling smokie kachumbari while she was a student at Daystar University.
The first daughter made the remarks at the institution where she was addressing the students.
She said her father pushed her to give her best in the small business she was doing.
“I used to have a business selling smokie Kachumbari while on campus at Daystar University, that was the profitable business then, my father encouraged me in that small business I was doing,” she recalled.
Charlene has been on a roll since her father ascended to the presidency. She has visited a number of counties preaching the hustler gospel.
Businesses owned by Charlene
As reported on Wakenyaleo.co.ke, Charlene Chelagat has a stake at Matiny Limited, a company that was initially owned by her father.
Together with her mother, she owns a house in Woodley Estate valued at Ksh20 million by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in 2019.
The company also owns 170 apartments which had been leased to the National Police Service.
Matiny Ltd is a minority share at the four star Weston Hotel. Charlene Chelagat 10,013 shares in the hotel.
Weston Hotel
Charlene doubles as Weston’s Director of Public Relations and Branding.
Talk is rife that she is prepping herself in the world of politics.
First daughter Charlene Ruto’s smokie kachumbari, mitumba
Nonetheless, her undefined tours in and outside the country, engaging in political activities – including visiting county assemblies, holding meetings with governors and even flying to Morocco on an unofficial state visit – drew the loudest backlash.
The highly publicised tours raised eyebrows, with Kenyans on Twitter demanding to know whose money she was using.
Charlene Ruto would earn the moniker “Quickmart Ivanka”, a binomial nomenclature of the fast expanding supermarket and the name of the first daughter of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Just like Ivanka, who traversed the US during her father’s presidency, working, but without a defined official role, Charlene has been anywhere and everywhere.
Just a number
Just like Ivanka was very busy with this and that at the start of her father’s presidency until she landed a position in government, Charlene has also been engaged in state business in a vague capacity since her father succeeded Mr Uhuru Kenyatta.
Even as the criticism grew online, Charlene appeared unperturbed and rubbed rub it in on the faces of her “haters” by going shopping at a Quickmart store.
