Catholic bishops on Friday lashed out at senior government officers for "mocking" the bipartisan talks.
Through the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), they warned that the country could plunge into chaos if the "mockery" does not stop.
In the last couple of weeks, some government leaders led by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have dismissed the talks as a waste of time.
Bishop Cleophas Oseso from Nakuru Diocese said many people who took to the streets to protest the high cost of living lost their lives even as some top leaders continue to play games around the talks.
“We were promised that the cost of living would come down once the Bible was put down and this has not materialised and we fear chaos if the bipartisan talks are ignored,” he said.
Oseso said Kenyans were undergoing untold suffering due to the high cost of education and health.
Chairman and Bishop John Oballa said the rising cases of graft and land grabbing by senior government have become the order of the day and were worrying.
The Ngong' Diocese Bishop said the church will not remain quiet as things go wrong.
“As the country marks 13 years since the new Constitution came into force, we are deeply concerned by rising cases of graft and cases of extrajudicial killings,” he said.
The bishops spoke during the 23rd anniversary to mark the death of Father John Antony Kaiser whose body was found dumped in Morendat, Naivasha.
Two decades down the line, the killers have never been arrested despite an inquiry in 2002 declaring that the outspoken cleric was murdered and the body dumped by the roadside.
Speaking during the ceremony at the scene of the incident on Friday, Oballa took issue with the past and present governments for failing to arrest and prosecute those who killed the Mill-Hill Father.
“We shall not rest until the killers of Kaiser are brought to book as we mourn and laud the work of people killed for protecting the poor and the marginalised,” he said.
Bishop Oseso urged Kenyans to continue praying for the family of Kaiser, adding that the church will not remain quiet until those responsible are brought to book.
Others who spoke were Joseph Munyau from the Independent Medical Legal Unit, who lauded Kaiser and other murdered activists as the real justice champions for the country.
