President William Ruto on Sunday vowed to continue giving to churches as a way to seek blessings and told off critics unhappy with his donations.
Speaking at an Interdenominational church service in Kapsitet Primary School in Kericho County as the guest of honour, Ruto maintained that he will continue fulfilling various needs of the Church including building structures as well as giving tithes.
“We are going to serve God through our giving. We have absolutely no apologies to make as we give to God,” Ruto asserted dismissing critics.
The president took some time to explain the benefits of giving to the church underscoring that it is a form of service to God.
"We are going to give for the building of the church and for God's work. Our salvation is a product of giving. It is God who gave first. That is why we have the privilege to know Christ," he told congregants.
“And because God gave first as an example, we are going to give, in keeping so that the word of God word can reach others who have not known God,” he added.
The announcement came barely a week after his Ksh5.8 million was rejected by the Catholic Church. While careful not to mention the incident, the President said he was not shaken adding he would continue to give.
“We understand the word of God enough to know it is more blessed to give than to receive and that is what we are going to do,” he stated.
He added that he has been building churches and supporting God’s work for over thirty years. In all that period, he has seen the results of giving.
“Personally, I have built churches for thirty years and I have never lacked because I know the secret of giving and I know what it does,” he averred.
He said he would champion giving no matter pledging to teach others how tp give. “As William Ruto, I am a product of giving and I will teach others to give.”
Ruto, during a church service on Sunday, November 17, donated Ksh600,000 to Soweto Catholic Church in Nairobi for choir members and Ksh2 million that would have been used to construct a priest’s house, all of which the catholic bishops rejected.
