on disability and housing benefits will now get the payment, in addition to those receiving pension credit, who are already eligible.
"The gentleman never came to me with a suggestion that he wants to write a book on my behalf and for me that is a misappropriate use of my name," she said.The book, by a little-known author, aged 25, has not been widely distributed and there is not much publicly available information about its contents.
His legal team have argued that his work did not constitute a crime. Lawyer Kennedy Mong'are told local media that he had previously written books about public figures, including on veteran politician Raila Odinga and US President Donald Trump.Another lawyer, Evan Ondieki, said that high-ranking government figures should expect public scrutiny and that the arrest undermined Kenya's democratic values."You cannot be so thick-skinned that the use of your name or image becomes an offence," he stated.
In April, a secondary school teacher was charged for impersonating another daughter of President Ruto, by pretending to be June Ruto on Facebook.Charlene Ruto is a high-profile figure who has in the past been likened to a version of Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US president.
She has often been a guest at public events, and in the past met leaders across the country and attended international forums.
to fund what she called the "Office of the First Daughter".But the organisation says, in reality, it "glorifies thinness and vilifies weight gain" and "promotes disordered eating behaviours."
The trend has caused particular alarm in France, where experts have warned of how social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders."The patients are completely indoctrinated -- and my 45-minute weekly consultation is no match for spending hours every day on TikTok," the nutritionist Carole Copti told the AFP news agency.
The blocking of the hashtag has been, who wrote on social media that "skinnytok is over" thanks to lobbying by European politicians.