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I think everyone, including all world leaders attending the recent G7 summit in France, did a double-take when Rachel Ruto delivered – in her usual ‘I live on another planet’ style – the breaking news that Kenya is self-sufficient in food security.
With this declaration, the prayerful Mrs Ruto demonstrated once again how totally unsuitable she is for any kind of diplomatic role or function, or even for appearance as a spousal appendage. It would be better for us all if she stayed on her knees at home praying for rain. Or not too much rain when it’s flooding.
Fortunately, not all our first ladies have been so disconnected from reality, but our presidents have certainly given us our fair share of fascinating other-halves and marital arrangements over the years.
Founding president Jomo Kenyatta married his first wife, Grace Wahu, in 1919, under Kikuyu customary law. Three years later, he married her again, this time in a legally binding church ceremony.
