Editor's Review

"We are going to tell them they either style up or they leave."

President William Ruto has accused the Ford Foundation of sponsoring the recent anti-government protests in Kenya.

Speaking on Monday, July 15, in Nakuru County, the President wondered what the US organization was benefiting from sponsoring the demonstrations.

“Those who are behind the sponsoring of chaos in Kenya, shame on them because they are sponsoring violence against our democratic nation.

"I want to ask the people at the Ford Foundation, what do they gain from giving out money to cause violence?" Ruto questioned.

The Head of State went on to warn the American organization against allegedly sponsoring chaos in Kenya.

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File image of President William Ruto. 

Ruto noted 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.

The President’s claims come days after reports emerged that the police are investigating six politicians, two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and a businessman believed to be financing the protests.

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 epicenters of the anti-government demos.