Pentecostal church clergy are the latest religious leaders to throw their weight behind the Catholic bishops’ position on the state of the country’s governance.
In a statement signed by 34 clerics under the Pentecostal and Evangelical Formations in Kenya, the religious leaders led by Bishop Stephen Ndichu hailed the Catholic bishops for their bravely and leading the way in raising alarm over deteriorating state of affairs in the country.
Additionally, they praised the ACK, Presbyterian, NCCK and other religious organisation for rallying behind the Catholic bishops saying the church’s position on matters of bad governance marks the beginning of a new era in oversighting the state’s performance.
“The church, the Pentecostal movement included will henceforth play its significant role of pointing out the wrongs the government is committing, without fear or favour,” said Ndichu.
The clerics further applauded Nairobi’s archbishop archdiocese for “doing the unthinkable” by ordering the refund of money donated by President William Ruto and Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja to their Soweto Catholic Church last Sunday.
They said such gesture will help “kill Judas spirit of some clergy” and discourage politicians from “bribing the clerics” with an intention of controlling and compromising the role of the church.
Moreover, Ndichu said the gesture should to serve as a lesson to all the clergy who have penchant of colluding with the government for illicit favours.
They advised Ruto to rise to the occasion and put his administration in order to secure the country’s future, which they noted is headed to the wrong direction.
“It is true our country is moving towards the wrong direction. Unless the President of this country William Ruto is told plainly, that the country is headed for worse times ahead, and in the wrong direction, then we could all be pretending that everything is alright, when indeed it is not,” Ndichu added.
The religious leaders further expressed their reservations over the slow pace of development in the country.
“Kenyans are amongst the heavily taxed people in the world, yet there is no reciprocity in the taxes they pay in terms of developing their education and health systems, roads infrastructure, clean drinking water for families and their security amongst several other issues.”
Additionally, they condemned the reported abductions and eventual killing of Kenyans who are perceived to be having a different opinion with the government.
The religious leaders also opposed the new medical cover SHA saying the now defunct NHIF had served Kenyans well as compared to the new cover.
Besides addressing the rising cases of femicides, the clerics equally asked the government to provide a comprehensive investigations report of the Endarasha school fire tragedy that killed 22 children as well as streamline the CBC education system.
