Kenyan Catholic Church calls out Ruto on rights abuse, graft
Archbishop Maurice Muhatia (seated centre) along with other members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops at a press briefing in Nairobi on November 14, 2024.
Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group
Kenyan president William Ruto’s administration looked unsettled by a statement by the influential Catholic bishops Thursday criticising its tax policies, human rights violations and corruption.
The 26 bishops, under their lobby group the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), voiced concerns about a State-sponsored campaign of abductions, enforced disappearances and torture of persons linked to the youth-led anti-tax protests in June and July that forced the president to withdraw Finance Bill 2024 and disband his Cabinet.
