{"id":15810,"date":"2024-07-18T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15810"},"modified":"2024-07-18T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:01:33","slug":"government-spokesperson-denies-allegations-against-president-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15810","title":{"rendered":"Government Spokesperson Denies Allegations Against President Ruto."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nVOktkpTURBXy80MWJiMDUxMmRkYWJiNWE4ZGZmNDg3NTdjODQzMDFjNS5wbmeSlQMXAM0D0M0CJZMFzQSwzQJ2-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nVOktkpTURBXy80MWJiMDUxMmRkYWJiNWE4ZGZmNDg3NTdjODQzMDFjNS5wbmeSlQMXAM0D0M0CJZMFzQSwzQJ2-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nVOktkpTURBXy80MWJiMDUxMmRkYWJiNWE4ZGZmNDg3NTdjODQzMDFjNS5wbmeSlQMXAM0D0M0CJZMFzQSwzQJ2-980x515.png 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nVOktkpTURBXy80MWJiMDUxMmRkYWJiNWE4ZGZmNDg3NTdjODQzMDFjNS5wbmeSlQMXAM0D0M0CJZMFzQSwzQJ2-480x252.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press briefing on Thursday, Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura refuted claims that President William Ruto had violated his own directives by participating in a church fundraiser. Mwaura emphasized that there was insufficient evidence to support these allegations, urging the public to adhere strictly to the President&#8217;s guidelines, which include refraining from engaging in fundraisers and other forms of community contributions, known locally as Harambees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The directive to restrict participation in Harambees is a presidential mandate that must be followed,&#8221; Mwaura asserted during the briefing held on June 5, 2024, at the Media Analysts Luncheon. He highlighted ongoing legislative efforts and public sentiment regarding the matter, emphasizing the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing concerns raised by the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwaura also addressed recent protests, attributing financial losses to disruptions allegedly caused by infiltrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press briefing on Thursday, Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura refuted claims that President William Ruto had violated his own directives by participating in a church fundraiser. Mwaura emphasized that there was insufficient evidence to support these allegations, urging the public to adhere strictly to the President&#8217;s guidelines, which include refraining from engaging in fundraisers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nVOktkpTURBXy80MWJiMDUxMmRkYWJiNWE4ZGZmNDg3NTdjODQzMDFjNS5wbmeSlQMXAM0D0M0CJZMFzQSwzQJ2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15812,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15810\/revisions\/15812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}