The government through the Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura has come out to claim that Gen Z Protests are internationally funded to frustrate President William Ruto’s government.
Speaking during a press briefing, Mwaura noted that President Ruto’s stand on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and his support for Russia is the reason behind the funding of the Gen Z Protests.
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This contradicts President William Ruto’s stand where he has been rallying support behind Ukraine against Russia, but Netizens have alluded the contradiction to panick within government.
“Gen Z please listen to me, there are genuine people who are asking genuine questions but there is a group somewhere if I look keenly from afar there could be a foreign hand into this issue.”
Mwaura further remarked that some powers were not happy with Ruto’s efforts to end reliance on the United States dollar as the main currency for international trade, this statement pointing fingers to the US.
“Also look at the de-dollarisation. If the dollar is strong, it affects our economy negatively. He (Ruto) said we find new finance infrastructure internationally. Some countries are not happy with this move.”
Mwaura explained that Ruto’s stand against huge interests from western countries has also contributed to it. For instance when an African country takes a loan from international financial institutions, the payment is 8 times higher than when a developed country takes the same loan.
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“That makes it extremely difficult to pay those loans. That is why we are in a death trap. We take 48 per cent of what we collect and pay those people. They would not want us to get out of that slavery.”