Catholic Bishop Gives Away Sh4 Million Car Gifted to Him by Deputy President William Ruto

Kisumu Archbishop Philip Anyolo says he has donated a luxury car gifted to him by Deputy President William Ruto a few weeks ago.

Speaking to Citizen TV, the clergyman says he didn't need the Sh4 million Mitsubishi Pajero 2012 model and has given it away to another institution that needs it more than he does.

Bishop Anyolo explains that by the time Ruto gifted him the vehicle, he already had a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser V8 given to him by Catholic believers.

“The institution where I donated the Pajero is free to sell the vehicle and use proceeds from the sale to better the society," he states.

Ruto gifted Anyolo the high-end car during his installation as Kisumu Archbishop at Uzima College Grounds on January 12th.

While handing over the car, Ruto said the gift was from himself and President Kenyatta.

Anyolo was appointed as Archbishop of Kisumu by Pope Francis in November last year. 

These revelations come after Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Saturday claimed that Pope Francis ordered Archbishop Anyolo’s team to return the vehicle to Ruto.

“Public funds are being looted daily yet poor Kenyans are suffering. Every day, the prices of commodities are rising while graft perpetrators, who are known to the public, run to churches with stolen money."

“Recently, during the installation of Archbishop of Catholic Diocese of Kisumu, someone took a vehicle to the bishop as a gift. When the Pope was informed that the Archbishop had received a car gift, he [Pope Francis] ordered that the vehicle is returned. And, true to his instruction, the car was returned because it was acquired from proceeds of corruption," claims Odinga.

“We know where that person stays, what he earns and what his wife earns. Where does he get the millions of shillings that he dishes out in churches? A time has come when every corrupt person should carry his own cross,” adds Raila.

However, Archbishop Anyolo has denied Odinga's claims that he received instructions from the Pope to return the car.