{"id":31978,"date":"2021-07-22T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=31978"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:28:33","slug":"atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country","title":{"rendered":"Atwoli: Ruto is Importing Weapons From Neighbouring Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has sensationally alleged that Deputy President William Ruto was planning to use violence to reject the outcome of the 2022 General Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Tana River County on Monday, July 19, in an event attended by ODM leader Raila Odinga, Atwoli urged the former Prime Minister to be wary of Ruto\u2019s alleged plot.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Ruto was reportedly importing weapons from a neighbouring country after befriending its President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaila, kindly keep your eyes on Ruto. He will reject the outcome which may lead to a crisis in the country. He is importing firearms,\u201d Atwoli alleged.<\/p>\n<p>He warned Kenyans against voting for Ruto, specifically Mt Kenya residents who he argued will be betrayed once he gets into power.<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli castigated Ruto\u2019s bottom-up approach stating that the philosophy was misplaced and unrelatable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho wants to call his children hustlers? Let him (Ruto) call his own hustlers. Do not call my child a hustler! We want the youth to have jobs,\u201d Atwoli reprimanded the DP and added that the BBI is indispensable and will uplift the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke on Thursday, July 22, Ruto\u2019s Communication Director, Emmanuel Talam downplayed Atwoli\u2019s accusations and urged him to report the matter to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet him report the matter to the nearest police station,\u201d Talam stated.<\/p>\n<p>Raila and President Uhuru Kenyatta have constantly reiterated that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will enhance Kenya\u2019s peace and posterity and curb the widespread violence witnessed after elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto, nonetheless, argues that BBI will only create additional positions which would burden taxpayers. The solution to a peaceful election, he stated, was allowing voters to vote peacefully without interference and leaders accepting election outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are keen on abandoning the politics of division, and building a united country. That way, we can move our country forward,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) warned politicians against hate speech and inciting the mass, adding that those found culpable will face the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has sensationally alleged that Deputy President William Ruto was planning to use violence to reject the outcome of the 2022 General Elections. Speaking in Tana River County on Monday, July 19, in an event attended by ODM leader Raila Odinga, Atwoli urged the former Prime Minister to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-31978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atwoli: Ruto is Importing Weapons From Neighbouring Country - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has sensationally alleged that Deputy President William Ruto was planning to use v ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atwoli: Ruto is Importing Weapons From Neighbouring Country\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has sensationally alleged that Deputy President William Ruto was planning to use v ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-22T15:07:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60f980792ee89.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Atwoli: Ruto is Importing Weapons From Neighbouring Country\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-22T15:07:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60f980792ee89.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/atwoli-ruto-is-importing-weapons-from-neighbouring-country\",\"name\":\"Atwoli: Ruto is Importing Weapons From Neighbouring Country - 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