Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has called on the church to be a key driver of peace in the country.
Speaking on Monday, he further called on the church to work with the government in identifying rogue pastors and bring them to book adding they are tarnishing the good name of the church.
Mudavadi spoke during the 2023 World Conference of Friends Church (Quakers) at Kabarak University in Nakuru.
He further cautioned Kenyans to be on the lookout for rising cases of false prophets and preachers, to whom many innocent people have fallen victim.
“Innocent people have surrendered their health and wealth to people who have done totally nothing in helping them acquire the wealth,” he said.
“It defeats logic when someone like a professor or doctor or an educated person surrenders all his/her years of work, abandons his/her family and follows a false prophet who has never even been in class one,” he added.
Mudavadi urged the church to be an example in emulating humility as a virtue within the society noting that if the church does not speak on such matters, society will continue to vanquish in vices that will end up eroding the moral fabric of the society and nations will collapse.
He said it is time for religious institutions offering theological courses to scale them up with other skill-based courses in a bid to produce all-round graduates that will help in boosting the country’s economy.
According to Mudavadi, men and women of the cloth also need additional skills that will not only help them be self-reliant and earn a living from an additional career but will also be an eye opener to the society that they are leading by example.
“I will not mind seeing my pastor doubling up as an agricultural officer, a nurse, a mechanic, an ICT trainer or any other profession so that they can pass skills and help nurture talent and be part of key players in turning around our economy,” he said.
