Archbishop Antony Muheria of the Nyeri Catholic diocese has urged politicians not to use the church for politics.
Speaking during an interview with Citizen TV on Sunday, February 5, Muheria was asked to respond to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's announcement saying they would together with President William Ruto attend church services for the next five years.
Muheria noted that it was good for the President and his deputy to attend church but urged them to seek God genuinely and not use the platform for politics.
“I wouldn’t want to judge him, I wouldn’t want to judge his statement but it is very good that they attend church every Sunday for the next part of their lives. Everybody, let’s go to church, let us encounter God but genuinely and honestly and not use that platform for politics.
“We must continue to genuinely say this and call it out to our religious leaders and to our politicians of whatever divide they are that their encounter with God in places of worship must not be used as instruments or platforms for political gain or political messaging,” Muheria stated.
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President William Ruto has been traversing the country holding thanksgiving and prayer services in various churches in different counties since coming to power in September 13, 2022.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua yesterday revealed that the routine will continue every Sunday until the end of their five year term in 2027.
“I have seen our distractors are very concerned that we come to church every Sunday. I read the papers and they said this is your 28th Sunday service since you came to office. I want to save them that task of counting, we will be in church for 52 Sundays every year, for the next 5 year,” DP Gachagua said.
