Richard Ruto has marked 10 years since his dismissal from the National Police Service, saying he is still waiting for an answer and hoping to be reinstated.
Ruto says he was dismissed from the service and has continued to push for reinstatement, sustained by faith and a conviction that his case deserves a second look.
Ruto is now appealing to senior government officials, the media and fellow Kenyans to listen to his story and help him pursue his case.
Ruto recently shared photographs from his time in uniform, images that for him carry far more weight than nostalgia.
They represent a career he believes was ended unfairly, and a chapter of his life he has never truly been able to close.
Central to Ruto’s appeal is his position that whatever he was accused of doing did not justify being removed from the service entirely.
Ruto Says Dismissal Was Unjust
In his telling, the punishment was disproportionate to the alleged offence, and he has spent the years since pursuing the matter on those grounds.
“It’s now 10 years since my dismissal,” he said, describing himself as still without a final answer. “Who will hear my cry?”
He also recalls a moment during the presentation of his first appeal that has continued to weigh on him, claiming that his superior had questioned his background.
These allegations have not been independently verified, and the authorities involved have not publicly responded.
A Decade of Waiting
A decade is a long time. Careers are built and rebuilt, families grow, lives move on. For Ruto, the matter has remained unresolved, and he has not been able to move past it while still believing that the decision against him could be overturned.
His faith, he says, has been the constant through the long wait. He insists that justice will come, even if it has taken far longer than he ever anticipated.
Ruto is now directing his appeal beyond the disciplinary process. He is calling on government officials, media platforms and the public to engage with his case, hoping that visibility may achieve what formal channels have not.
For him, reinstatement is not simply about returning to a job. It is also about receiving an honest explanation for why his career ended the way it did.
As he marks this painful milestone, Ruto sits with his photographs, his memories of service and a question that has followed him for ten years and remains, as yet, unanswered.
