Finally, Cardinal Njue Responds To Raila Claims Over Car Gift!

The head of the Catholic Church, John Cardinal Njue, stated that he was not aware of Raila Odinga’s claims the Pope had directed the church to return a gift by DP William Ruto to Archbishop of Kisumu, Philip Anyolo.

“I am not aware of how the comments came about. I don’t know about claims that the Holy Pope directed the Church to return the gift,” the Cardinal stated.

On his part, Archbishop Anyolo stated that the church had its own channel of communication and they had not received such a directive from Pope Francis.

The brand new Mitsubishi Pajero which DP Ruto gifted Archbishop Rev Philip Anyolo

Commenting on the car gifted to him by DP Ruto, Archbishop Anyolo stated that it was not for personal use but the property of the diocese.

“I wish to state that during my installation in January, I received two cars, but they don’t personally belong to me. They are the property of the diocese,” the archbishop said.

He further stated that he was using a Prado V8 bought by the Catholic faithful adding that had not used the one given by the DP since it has not been registered.

Archbishop Anyolo maintained that it was a tough task for the church to establish if some of the gift given by politicians were proceeds of corruption.

“The Catholic Church and any other church I believe has no mechanism to establish that certain gifts are proceeds of corruption,” the Kisumu Archbishop stated.

Archbishop Phillip Anyolo receives the vehicle gift from DP William Ruto

On Saturday, Opposition leader Raila Odinga claimed that the Church had rejected Ruto’s Gift, something which broke into war of words.

“The Pope insisted the vehicle be returned. We should stand for the truth. Regrettably, the church entertains such gifts which are offered at the expense of development projects like roads and dams,” Mr Odinga stated.

This did not sit well with Dr. Ruto who posted a Tweet seemingly to respond to ‘Agwambo’s’ words. calling him the master of deceit! lol

The master of deceit as always is spewing desperate lies. The car gift was bought by Christian leaders including UK and myself at the request of the chair of Catholic mps.Understandably Empowering the church offends magicians and the evil spirits they worship. Shetani ashindwe!

— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) March 3, 2019

The respectful public cordial relationship between Raila and Ruto is seemingly in jeopardy.