{"id":200436,"date":"2024-07-17T04:51:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T04:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/17\/churches-criticize-ruto-for-blaming-foreign-anti-government-sponsors\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T04:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T04:51:35","slug":"churches-criticize-ruto-for-blaming-foreign-anti-government-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/17\/churches-criticize-ruto-for-blaming-foreign-anti-government-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches Criticize Ruto for Blaming Foreign Anti-Government Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316704\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"437\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/banharambee.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/banharambee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"437\"  \/>The National Council of Churches Kenya (NCCK) has condemned President William Ruto\u2019s assertion that foreign powers were orchestrating the current wave of protests in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Canon Chris Kinyanjui, the council\u2019s General Secretary, clarified in a media interview that no foreign entities were funding the protests, attributing the unrest to an incompetent government.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom my own assessment and looking at the people I do not think there are foreign forces funding the protests,\u201d<\/em> remarked Chris Kinyanjui.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized, <em>\u201cHow did we come here, we reached here because we have a govt that does not listen to his people or to those that can advise it in the right direction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to criticizing the government\u2019s handling of protests, Kinyanjui accused the Ruto-led administration of neglecting to hold accountable those implicated in corruption scandals across various ministries.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe grievances, lamentations Kenyans are talking about are still in our faces, we have scandals on edible oils, where billions were put out from the taxpayer\u2019s money and the fake fertilizer scandal, what the government has not communicated is how it will deal with corruption,\u201d<\/em> Kinyanjui highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>The clergyman also criticized the government\u2019s lack of communication on how it plans to tackle these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Kinyanjui pointed out the government\u2019s failure to address public concerns coherently and accused it of contradicting itself in its communications. He also reproached President Ruto for reneging on his promise not to involve politicians in church affairs and for making substantial donations at fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe witnessed the president in church on Sunday making political remarks and also gave out a large donation,\u201d Kinyanjui observed.<\/p>\n<p>On July 15th, President William Ruto accused the American NGO Ford Foundation of financing the ongoing anti-government protests, alleging that the Foundation deployed thugs to incite chaos and cause property damage during demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the foundation refuted Ruto\u2019s claims, asserting its commitment to a non-partisan approach in all grant-making activities and affirming respect for Kenyans\u2019 right to peacefully advocate for a fair and just Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe do not fund or sponsor the recent protests against the finance bill and have a strictly non-partisan policy for all of our grant-making,<\/em>\u201d the Foundation stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Council of Churches Kenya (NCCK) has condemned President William Ruto\u2019s assertion that foreign powers were orchestrating the current wave of protests in the country. Canon Chris Kinyanjui, the council\u2019s General Secretary, clarified in a media interview that no foreign entities were funding the protests, attributing the unrest to an incompetent government. \u201cFrom my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Churches Criticize Ruto for Blaming Foreign Anti-Government Sponsors - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/17\/churches-criticize-ruto-for-blaming-foreign-anti-government-sponsors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Churches Criticize Ruto for Blaming Foreign Anti-Government Sponsors - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Council of Churches Kenya (NCCK) has condemned President William Ruto\u2019s assertion that foreign powers were orchestrating the current wave of protests in the country. 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