President William Ruto has praised Ford foundation months after accusing them of financing anti- government protests in Kenya.
The protests began on 18/6/2024 whose main cause was the rejection of the Finance Bill 2024 which letter led to citizens wanting President William Ruto to resign.
During the protests, a lot of youths died by gunshots, properties got destroyed and some individuals injured.
This made the President to blame the protest on external forces which he believed was the main cause why the protests still continued.
Ford foundation being an American private foundation with stated global of advancing human welfare, he accused them of funding the protests among others.
The president said that the foundation sponsoring violence was unethical since it costed loss of lives and destruction of properties such as the parliament and the Governor’s office.
The Head of State added that it was a shame on them as instead of planning on how youths would get employed and look up on industrialization, they were busy making youths to cause chaos.
Despite that, in a recent meeting with Ford Foundation, His Exellency praised the foundation for the commitment to safe guarding Kenya’s democracy.
He appreciated them for supporting Kenya’s call to reform the global economic institutions and modern technology regulation.
This was after the president held talks with the president of Ford foundation Darren Walker in New York.
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