Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has urged Kenyans to embrace peace.
He said Kenya should establish peace first rather than division, requesting for prayers to the country's leadership and mediators.
"Kenyans need peace first. Kwa hivo mimi nataka tuwaombee hata wale viongozi ambao wamepatiwa jukumu la kuleta uhuwiano. So that wafikirie Kenya kwanza," he said.
This is loosely translated to, ".... So, I want us to pray for even those leaders who have been mandated with mediation. So that they can think of Kenyans first."
Mutula, who spoke on Sunday during a church service at AIC Ziwani in Nairobi, said in the absence of peace, no one will be spared the consequences and terror.
"...So that we can have peace. Without peace, it does not matter who you are, where you live, how you live, and which tribe or language you speak. It will not matter utaumia tu ."
The Governor urged Kenyans to keep on holding onto peace, saying even in lack of food and riches, it prevails.
Speaking in relation to the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen, Mutula said peace should be the foundation of everything.
"Something significant happened yesterday and this morning. Israelis woke up to an attack they did not see coming. So, between the rich, the poor, those in power, and the common person, they all went to bed scared," he said.
"It tells me the value of peace. I don't think we are taking this seriously. Israel has food but no peace. I want us to think deeply about this and pray for peace."
The Saturday morning attack was launched at dawn during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah by the Palestinian group Hamas, which launched rockets into southern Israel.
On Saturday night, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was going into a "long and difficult war".
He also warned Hamas, which governs Gaza, that its hideouts would be reduced to "rubble".
Israeli security forces have since started carrying out operations to rescue hostages taken by the Palestinian militants from Gaza and clear areas they seized on Saturday.
The attack reportedly killed at least 600 people in Israel, with more than 310 people in Gaza being killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes.
Israeli military said over 400 Palestinian gunmen have been killed and dozens arrested during the fighting.
The attack comes 50 years after the Yom Kippur War which also began just after dawn on Saturday on Simchat Torach.
Governor Mutula was in the company of Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen.
