CNN puts Ruto on the spot over LGBTQ and the deportation of Chinese
CNN puts Ruto on the spot over LGBTQ and the deportation of Chinese; remarks he made during his campaign trail.
In a CNN interview, president-elect William Ruto was put on spot over earlier comments he had made on homosexuality in Kenyan society and the deportation of Chinese.
On September 7, Christiane Amanpour of CNN challenged Ruto to clarify his position on the matter, to which the departing Deputy President said that it was unimportant.
“I am very clear that we respect everybody and what they believe in, but we also have what we believe in and we expect to be respected for what we believe in,” Ruto explained.
“We do not want to create a mountain out of a molehill,” he said, adding that he prefers to focus his efforts on unemployment and hunger. “When it becomes a big issue for the people of Kenya, the people of Kenya will make a choice.”
On his threat to deport Chinese nationals operating in Kenya, Ruto clarified that his administration will only go after foreigners doing business illegally.
“Everybody will do business, everybody will do whatever they want to do so long as they are doing it within the law,” he said.
“Anybody that operates outside the law, it doesn’t matter where they come from, they will be sent back from where they came from.”
Ruto rattled the international community, especially the East when he hinted at kicking out Chinese from Kenya during his campaign trail.
He further said that there will be no big shift in his foreign policy.
“I intend to scale up the participation of Kenya in many of the areas, especially in our regional peace initiatives,” stated Ruto.
“I will be available, I will play my part, I will scale up Kenya’s standing and contribution in that space so that together we can contribute to a better, much more peaceful neighborhood.”
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