This country is taking a wrong turn and, as the church leadership, we are sounding a warning early enough.
There are many challenges that
should preoccupy our leaders to solve rather than power wrangles.
It is my view the impeachment
process is too divisive for the fragile peace we have and it will raise the
political temperature.
This is not to say there are no serious
problems with the leaders, including Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
It is an open secret he is given to
reckless talk, answers everything spoken about him and his mission of openly
advocating for the interests of one ethnic community in a country that can be
easily ethnically inflamed is unacceptable.
But it is my considered view the President should have opted for alternative measures available, rather than the divisive and emotive impeachment.
The division that will be visited upon this country
will be across the nation because the two leaders campaigned nationwide and
have supporters across. I think it is ill-advised. Much caution is needed and the
warnings are flashing red.
But even more importantly, the
church played a crucial role in installing this government in power. It entered
into MoU with us but once they got into power, they slammed the door shut and
became unavailable.
We cannot reach them and they are not available to meet us.
They have even come up with a punitive bill targeting
the very religious community that helped them. I’m bringing this up because the
church is the conscience of the nation and should play a conciliatory role.
If they were available to us, we
would have established back-channel communication to mediate and ensure the
differences do not spill out to the public. We are now forced to address the
top leadership of the nation through the media.
We urge the President, his deputy
and the MPs to refrain from inflammatory language and conduct. We have a nation
to preserve and it’s bigger than any of them or their interests.
Chairman of
National Clergy and Church Association spoke to Star