ODM Slams Ruto, Reminds Him of the Burnt Kiambaa Church!

ODM party leader Raila Odinga together with Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna and Suba MP John Mbadi. Photo/COURTESY

After spending the better part of Monday attacking ODM party leader Raila Odinga in Kisii county, Deputy President William Ruto’s utterances seemed to have annoyed The ODM Party which later issued a statement reminding him of the wrongs he has done in Kenya.

While responding to Ruto’s ‘careless’ remarks, ODM through its official Facebook page reminded the Deputy President of the Kiambaa church in Eldoret which was brought down after the 2007-2008 post-election violence and has not been rebuilt to date.

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ODM Leader Raila Odinga With Deputy President William Ruto. Ruto had referred to Mr. Odinga as The Lord of Poverty. Photo/File

In the statement, ODM wondered how Ruto was crisscrossing the country purporting to be a true Christian giving out countless money in form of church donations while  Kiambaa church which was burnt down in his backyard is still in ruins to date.

“There is no greater Lord of Poverty than the one who makes you permanently dependent on handouts and cash-for-favors. We are shocked that Ruto wants us to believe he is a God-fearing man doing charity work of God.

Yet to date, Kiambaa Church lies in ruins in his neighborhood. His cronies and hatchet people were on the forefront of mocking maize and cane farmers whose only mistake was to demand their dues from the government he purports to be second in command.” read part of the statement.


Kiambaa church burning and massacre has currently come into public limelight with Ruto’s opponents using the unfortunate occurrence to settle their political soars with him.

Two weeks ago, Jubilee Party General Secretary Raphael Tuju was caught up in leaked audio together with Hon George Nyanja. In the leaked audio Nyancha reveals to Tuju how William Ruto was busy donating money in churches when he had not made any single effort to re-built Kiambaa church.

Mr. Nyancha who is more vocal in the recording added that Ruto was pretending to be holy yet he orchestrated the burning Kiambaa Church in the 200/2008 Post Election Violence which saw people burned alive while seeking refugee.

Raphael Tuju: If you are sincere that you really Love God,enda jenga ile kwanza

George Nyancha: ile kwanza umjenge ile nyumba yake

Tuju’s sentiments were later echoed by Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria who maintained that Tuju was justified in his questioning. Kuria added that he had raised an issue to have a monument built in the church but nobody had taken heed of his advice.

The party went ahead to castigate Ruto saying that the delivery of fake fertilizer that ruined millions of livelihoods some years back especially in his rich agricultural backyard of Rift Valley can be traced to his allies and himself.

“Destroying agriculture is the highest bid a rotten wheeler-dealer that he is can make in a permanent move to leave many not only poor and desperate but hopeless…But we will not stop reminding him that Raila Odinga is not the problem; the problem is his vile character and juvenile politics.

Let him break down to the people how Eurobond was spent, the cost of SGR and the debt attached to it, how the dams money was lost.” continued part of the statement.

ODM’s response to Ruto was however met with some stern reactions from a section of Facebook users who told off Mr. Sifuna insisting that Ruto was justified in his remarks on the party’s leader.

Sandrah Njoki 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 mume dungwa mpaka you had to coin an immediate response. He is the Lord of Poverty even you script a 10 page response.

Elisha Otieno Ruto did not mention Raila in his speech. He only talked of Lord of Poverty. Curiously ODM secretary general, Sifuna by hitting back saying Ruto is referring to Raila confirms ODM leadership think Raila is Lord of Poverty. It is like someone shouts “conman , conman !”
without mentioning John, then you have someone close to John reacts angrily that you are referring to his friend John.

Allan Odhiambo Who is Sifuna? A political reject who failed tremendously both in his village and Nairobi.
Raila will never be President!

Noel Mwenga Kithome even tough we hate ruto being a president,Mr sifuna you are not the right person to be ODM chairperson.you have a big ego,arrogant and selfish.you are the reason why we hate ODM.

Frederick Ombaba Ongwae You stoop too low Mr.Sifuna.
Mature up! This post portrays you as childish and pety. If this is the ODM Party position and mind at its best, we are finished.Kindly pull down this thing.

Sam Serem Hitting it hard, the DP understands the game very well.
The more he hits the lord of poverty and hits hard, the more he gains with Central Kenya common folk.
See now this kind of response from ODM,they are forced to attack SGR and other Uhuru development projects and project them in bad light and so the handshake is rendered useless.

 

 

 

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