The Office of the Deputy President

H.E. William Ruto

Deputy President of The Republic of Kenya.

William Samoei Ruto is the First elected Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya and was sworn into office on April 9th, 2013. The Deputy President is the principal assistant of the President and he deputises the President in the execution of the President’s functions. The Deputy President performs the functions conferred by the Constitution and any other functions of the President as the Head of State may assign.To provide the President with the support that he needs to govern effectively, the Office of the Deputy President was established in the Constitution.