It seems Deputy President William Ruto is not only a household name in the country but also in neighbouring Uganda if his treatment and recognition there is anything to go by.
He was feted in Uganda during the 2018 Young Achievers Awards gala staged in the country’s capital.
He took his chance to pass his message to the youth amidst cheers from the available.
He urged the youth to always yearn for a better future.
“You must be hungry for a better future if you want to make it in life and to make a change in the society. Impossible is a word with diminished application and relevance,” he said.
Ruto was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for his exploits and role on the Kenyan political arena.
"This view is informed by the fact that while at school, I marveled at the pedagogy that emphasized information of little relevance to Africa’s economic development. For what shall it profit a young person to know when Vasco da Gama reached Malindi or when Henry Morton Stanley discovered the mouth of the Congo River,” he opined.
He emphasized the use of practical skills by the youth who he felt have long neglected innovations in various fields.
“Today, we boast of 11 national polytechnics, 125 vocational colleges and 67 others at different stages of development. From the current 180,000 students in technical colleges, our plan is to expand enrollment to over three million in the next five years,” he said of his motherland.
The Deputy President was accompanied by his wife Mrs. Rachel Ruto, EAC Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohammed, Governors Prof John Lonyangapuo (West Pokot), Josephat Nanok (Turkana) and Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia), Trans-Nzoia Senator Michael Mbito and MPs Ndindi Nyoro(Kiharu) and Robert Pukose (Endebess).
They, altogether, did a wonderful ambassadorial role there.
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