Charlene Ruto: I Was a Smocha Hustler

On Wednesday, Charlene Ruto evoked laughter from student leaders at the University of Nairobi after claiming she used to sell smokies and kachumbari at Daystar University.

While addressing students at the university, the first Daughter further revealed that her father, now Kenya’s President William Ruto encouraged her to go on with the business.

“I used to have a business selling smokie kachumbari while on campus at Daystar university, that was a profitable business then, my father encouraged me in that small business I was doing,” Charlene Ruto recalled.

The students laughed as they were shocked at how Charlene Ruto would sell smokies yet her father was the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.

The video has received mixed reactions among Kenyans including those who she was addressing.

A section of the students from the audience dismissed her claims saying “Hiyo ni uongo,aaai mtoto wa Deputy President? Hapo umetubeba ujinga”

Charlene graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Daystar University in 2015.

At the time, William Ruto was the Deputy President of Kenya in their first term with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Charlene Ruto who appears to be on a mission to popularise the hustler narrative has been visiting small-scale businesses encouraging youths to take advantage of the Hustler Fund.

On November 19, 2022, Charleen visited a milkshake shop in Kariobangi and enjoyed a milkshake while rooting for the fund.

On November 27, Kenyans on Twitter raised concerns as to why she has been visiting different county assemblies, having meetings with governors, and running different initiatives at the same time.

Netizens have since compared her to former US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump.