On Sunday, President William Ruto made it clear that he does not have any blood on his hands. During the Presidential Hot Seat at the State House, the Head of State disclosed that property valued at Ksh2.4 billion had been destroyed since the commencement of the anti-Finance Bill demonstrations.
But Ruto acknowledged that the destruction had been brought about by criminals who had purportedly joined the nonviolent demonstrations to carry out crimes like setting fire to a portion of the Parliament Buildings.
"I have no blood in my hands. 19 people to the record that I have from the security agencies are dead. Very unfortunate," he stated.
"As a democracy, that should not be part of our conversation. 2.4 billion of the property had been destroyed. The office of the Chief Justice has been burnt. City Hall has been burnt. Parliament has been burnt," he added.
However, the Head of State informed the relatives of the deceased that investigations into the incidents were ongoing and that a full report would be made public.
Ruto acknowledged that he was informed and ready for the authorities' response when questioned about whether he had been briefed about the scope of the criminal activity prior to the chaos. He clarified that there might have been more deaths if they hadn't made such thorough preparations.
"We had information and that is why we prepared in the manner in which we did and if we hadn't prepared in the manner that we did, we would not be counting 19, we would be counting different numbers.
"I am telling you that the level of mobilisation by criminals was heavy. In fact, many of the young people left town by 10:00 am or 11:00 am," he explained.
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