- He was born in 1966 in Uasin Gishu County
- He went to Sambut Primary School before proceeding to Wareng Secondary School, then Kapsabet High School
- He later went to University of Nairobi where he graduated with First Class Honors Degree in Bachelor of Science (Zoology and Botany)
- He began his political career in 1992 and joined the Youth for KANU movement
5.He was once a teacher at Sirgoi Secondary School and Kamagut Secondary School
- He is married to Rachel Ruto and the couple has six children together
- During his years at UoN, he was a choirmaster and an evangelist, he is a member of the African Inland Church
- He is one of the ICC suspects for committing crimes against humanity during the 2007/ 2008 post election violence
- In his childhood, he used to sell chicken and groundnuts along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway
- He is a self made millionaire and among the richest people in Kenya