President William Ruto on Sunday, July 21 called upon the alleged financiers of the protests to come forth with alternatives to take Kenya forward.
While speaking during a church service in Bomet County, the Head of State called out these individuals for causing mayhem in the country by allegedly funding goons to infiltrate the peaceful protests.
"We must guard the peace and the stability of our nation and the democracy of our nation so that is not undermined or sabotaged by faceless, anonymous, formless sponsored people who want to use violence and anarchy and mayhem to control our nation."
"I want to challenge those who are sponsoring, orchestrating, and funding this violence to step forward and give us their unique views on how to take Kenya forward. They must not remain anonymous, formless or faceless, they must step forward," Ruto stated.
President Ruto asked the financiers to identify themselves and offer the government ways to steer Kenya forward.
The Head of State emphasised that his administration would not allow any individual to disrupt the peace in the country nor cause violence, destruction of property or loss of lives.
"I challenge them, the shadowy people to step forward and tell us if they have any alternative ideas to take Kenya forward. We are a democracy and we are very proud of our democracy and we can not surrender our democracy," he reiterated.
He also called upon the media to report fairly and responsibly to avoid fueling propaganda in the country in ways that could cause tension.
According to the President, reporting, celebrating or encouraging violence, destruction of property, anarchy and mayhem was irresponsible.
He emphasised that if the country went in the wrong direction, there would be nothing to report and there would be no place to report from.
Earlier, the President pinpointed the Ford Foundation as one of the main financiers of the protests in Kenya. Ruto condemned the behaviour and asked the foundation to stop or face the consequences.
In response, the Ford Foundation with headquarters in New York, dismissed the claims emphasising that it was committed to Kenya's development, not destruction.
"While we continue to acknowledge the right of Kenyans to peacefully advocate for a just and equitable country. We repudiate any actions or speech that are hateful or advocate violence against any institution, individual, or community," the foundation stated on Saturday.
