Where to Get Official Ruto’s Portrait

Kenya has a new president and Commander in Chief of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) – Dr William Samoei Ruto.

There is no law requiring you to have an official portrait of the President in your business premise or office. But this is a tradition that dates back decades ago, and it is not about to be ignored.

For the last 10 years or so, most Kenyans have had portraits of Uhuru Kenyatta, now the former President displayed in their offices.

But with the recent change of guard, you will need to replace it with the new president.

There are usually official portraits the government recommends to be used.

However, in recent communications to the members of the public and other government offices, the Office of the Government Spokesperson said the official portraits bearing the photo of President Ruto are now available.

“Following the inauguration into office of H.E Hon. William Samoei Ruto, as the President of the Republic of Kenya, we wish to inform our people that presidential portraits are now available, and can be collected from the Department of Information at 5th floor, Uchumi House, Agakhan Walk, Nairobi,” said the office in a Facebook post.

But for those far away from Nairobi, there is no cause for alarm. You will not be forced to travel to the capital city to get the new portraits.

They are already closer to you at the Sub County/County level.

“Offices and individuals at the county and sub-county levels can get their copies from County/Sub-county Information Officers,” said the Government Spokesperson.

What is the cost of Ruto’s portrait?

Well, the portraits can, obviously, not be dished out freely to the members of the public.

For you to be able to get the certified and official portrait of Dr Ruto, you will need to part ways with Ksh300.

The money has been described by the Government Spokesperson as ‘a token fee’.

“A token fee of Kshs. 300 is charged for each portrait,” the office said.