{"id":111646,"date":"2025-03-09T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/president-ruto-hits-out-at-critics-over-church-donations\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T12:03:14","slug":"president-ruto-hits-out-at-critics-over-church-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-hits-out-at-critics-over-church-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto hits out at critics over church donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 9 \u2013 President William Ruto has hit out at his critics over his donations to churches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The head of state who spoke during a church service in his Eldoret backyard maintained that he will continue \u201chelping the church\u201d in a bid to write off the moral breakdown Kenya is experiencing.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenya must know God so that we ashame the people who are telling us that we cannot associate with the church,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not allow people to propagate things that drive our youths astray.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Ruto, those opposed to church contributions do not mean well for the country.<\/p>\n

His sentiments come in the wake of criticism directed to his contributions to churches including his Sh20 million donation to the Jesus Winner Ministry in Roysambu that has sparked outrage.<\/p>\n

Earlier, a heavy police presence was witnessed at the Jesus Winner Ministry after a section of youths threatened to protest at the church following Ruto\u2019s donations.<\/p>\n

The youths contend that the government is misallocating public funds while neglecting pressing national issues such as the controversial Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).<\/p>\n

In a show of digital activism, the disgruntled youth flooded the church\u2019s pastor, Edward Mwai, with messages and calls, reportedly forcing him to change his phone number.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Gen Z activists have targeted religious gatherings linked to government officials.<\/p>\n

In June last year, First Lady Rachael Ruto was forced to cancel a planned church fundraiser following warnings from the youth-led movement.<\/p>\n

The protesters accused political leaders of using churches to shield themselves from public scrutiny and accountability.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 9 \u2013 President William Ruto has hit out at his critics over his donations to churches. The head of state who spoke during a church service in his Eldoret backyard maintained that he will continue \u201chelping the church\u201d in a bid to write off the moral breakdown Kenya is experiencing. \u201cKenya must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}