The President wondered what the US organization was benefiting from sponsoring the demonstrations
President William Ruto has pointed a bold accusing finger at the Ford Foundation, an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare, of financing the recent anti-government protests in Kenya.
While addressing residents at Keringet Market in Nakuru County, Ruto threw a stern warning in his bid to restore peace in Kenya and proceeded to allege that some parties were financially benefiting from the protests.
The President wondered what the US organization was benefiting from sponsoring the demonstrations, claiming it was channelling funds to unidentified groups in Kenya to stage protests and destabilise the country.
I want to ask the people at the Ford Foundation what benefit do they gain from giving out money to cause violence?- President Ruto#ViralVideos pic.twitter.com/9YJtZFORNI
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“Those who are sponsoring the violence, we know them and I want to call out those who are behind the anarchy in Kenya, those who are behind the sponsoring, the chaos in the Republic of Kenya, shame on them because they are sponsoring violence against our democratic nation,” Ruto stated.
Ruto went on to sensationally claim that the organisation held sinister motives and was operating against the best interests and the democracy of the country.
“I want to ask the people at the Ford Foundation what benefit do they gain from giving out money to cause violence?” Ruto questioned.
Continuing his onslaught on the company, which is yet to respond by the time of publishing this story, Ruto warned that the government will ask the Ford Foundation to leave the country if they continue sponsoring the protests.
“We are going to call them out and we are going to tell them if they are not interested in democracy in Kenya. if they are going to sponsor violence and anarchy, we are going to tell them they either style up or they leave,” President Ruto added.
On Wednesday, July 10, the Head of State accused some foreign powers and Kenyans abroad of using the Gen Z-led demonstrations to force him out of power.
He also claimed that some unidentified individuals were running schemes aimed at discrediting his reputation and causing a new kind of division in the country, one not involving tribal lines.
The suspects were accused of financing some protesters, mobilizing youth from slum areas, giving them cash handouts, directing them to infiltrate the peaceful protests and turn them violent.
They were also accused of providing transport to the protestors to the epicentres of the anti-government demos.
Protesters marching towards State House on June 20, 2024. /VIRAL TEA KE