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President William Ruto's Daughter Charlene Ruto. [COURTESY]

Charlene Ruto’s “Office of First Daughter” Sparks Online Chatter

President William Ruto’s second eldest daughter Charlene Ruto is trending on social media again, the second time in the last couple of days.

Charlene was last week the talk of town after she was caught on tape alleging to have sold “smokies” at Daystar University.

This week, Charlene who has been nicknamed “Quickmart Ivanka” is trending once again after she introduced her team members in what she called the office of the first daughter.

In a video seen by this writer, Charlene who speaking during a summit introduced members of her team including her advisor.

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“So before again I continue, I wanted to introduce quickly my team from Kenya. So, I’ll start from the back. This is Mike Sagana, he’s one of my team members. He’s a politician and he’s my principal advisor in my team. And this is Jermaine Momanyi, he is the head of trade and investments at the office of the first daughter…” said Charlene.

At this time, the audience could be heard expressing disbelief and clapping before some of them started to laugh.

“…I don’t get what’s funny,” she said in response to the laughter.

The Kenyan Constitution does not provide for any office named Office of the First Daughter.

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Kenyans responded differently when she announced the existence of the office. Some wondered how the office is being funded and why she is receiving special treatment simply because she is the President’s daughter.

Here are some reactions:

https://twitter.com/IamKamauN/status/1602905080813985792

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