How Ruto was forced to flee Nyahururu Church to avoid a clash with Gen Z protesters
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Anti-Finance Bill (Gen Z) protesters camped outside Nyahururu ACK Church where President Ruto was in attendance
Anti-Finance Bill (Gen Z) protesters camped outside Nyahururu ACK Church where President Ruto was in attendance.
President Ruto was on Sunday forced to flee Nyahururu Church to avoid a clash with Gen Z protesters.
According to a publication by Daily Nation, the drama unfolded after a group of anti-finance bill protesters forced police to sneak President William Ruto out of a church venue.
The president, his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, and other Kenya Kwanza leaders attended a church service at Ndururi Primary School in Nyahururu town on Sunday, June 23.
However, at the end of the service, Ruto and other leaders fled the venue to avoid a confrontation with the Gen Z protesters who had camped outside the school.
The Kenya Kwanza leaders caught off guard, were seen running in all directions as they tried to locate their cars, forcing some of them to jump into any available vehicle.
The MPs were left confused after discovering that Ruto had been hurriedly whisked away by the presidential escort team.
Ruto was just about to leave when the youths started shouting ‘Ruto Must Go’ and Reject the Fnance Bill’, forcing his security detail to sneak him out of the venue.
At one point, the chanting Gen Z protesters overpowered the police to gain access to the school playground as they sought an audience with the head of state, but the president, who was brief in his address to the church, slipped out of the venue in confusion.
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Earlier in his address, President William Ruto expressed his willingness to engage the Generation Z protesters.
Ruto lauded the youths for expressing their feelings through the anti-finance bill demonstrations.
He said that he is proud that the young people have stepped forward tribeless and peacefully to be counted, and his administration will engage them on their concerns.
The president insisted that his government will work with young people to build a better country. “Our young people have stepped forward to engage in the affairs of their country. They have done a democratic duty to stand and be recognized, and I want to tell you that we are going to have a conversation with you so that we can identify your issues and we can work together as a nation and streamline your issues. I am very proud of our young people. They have stepped forward tribeless, they have stepped forward peacefully,” Ruto said.
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