Jesus Winner Ministry forced to respond on Ruto Ksh20m donation
Jesus Winner Ministry church has clarified that it is yet to receive President William Ruto's Ksh20 million donation
Jesus Winner Ministry church has clarified that it is yet to receive President William Ruto’s Ksh20 million donation.
Addressing the media on Thursday, March 6, the church secretary, Raphael Mweti, noted that Ruto’s donation was a pledge.
The church official added that Ruto made the donation following a request by their pastor. He also indicated that the Head of State had on many occasions supported the church previously.
“We wish to clarify to the nation who have been our faithful followers since 2009, that President Ruto pledged KSh20 million following a request from our General Overseer, Edward Mwai,” the church spokesperson stated.
“Following our humble beginning in the Zimmerman area in 2000, the church has grown to its current state in Roysambu, and we plan to build a bigger sanctuary on the land we bought from Uchumi,” he added.
Mweti went on to state that despite the criticism, the church would continue welcoming Kenyans from all walks of life, regardless of their political affiliations or status in society.
“Our church motto is, accept one another as Christ accepted you. Our doors are open, and we do not discriminate against anyone based on their affiliations or status in society,” Mweti told Kenyans.
Meanwhile, the church maintained that the land mentioned by Ruto during the Sunday service belonged to the church and was bought from Uchumi Supermarket.
According to the church, the land was bought from Uchumi Supermarket, adding that Parliament investigated the land tussle it had with KDF and established that the land belonged to the church.
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“I have seen lawyers say that the church was given KDF land. The Pastor himself made a request to the President. The PS for Land and that of Defence came with government surveyors, and the land was subdivided,” the secretary clarified.
“If you go there right now, you will find a wall between our land and that of KDF.”
The clarification comes hardly a day after a section of Kenyans wrote to the Roysambu-based church demanding the immediate return of the KSh20 million, terming the money proceeds of crime.
In a letter by prominent city lawyer Ndegwa Njiru alongside three others, the church was told to surrender the money to the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC).
Njiru went ahead to question how President Ruto could donate such an amount to a church yet it was in the public domain that his monthly salary had been capped at Ksh1.4 million.
“This, therefore, means that by dint of your actions of receiving the said suspected amount, you are aiding and abetting the commission of a crime and corruption,” Ndegwa Njiru commented.
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