Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has castigated Archbishop Anthony Muheria over the latter's incessant criticism of the government.
Muheria, who presides over the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri, took on the state once again over what he said were empty rhetorics advanced by President William Ruto with his troops.
Muheria took issue with the failure of the government to materialise the development agenda it had in its manifesto, accusing the president of "advertising" what it would be doing.
He likened the government to an advertisement agency that has majored in empty promises at the expense of actual results as expected by the taxpayer.
His parting shot was that the government stops "advertising", and starts to implement for Kenyans to experience tangible results.
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Reacting to Muheria's new onslaught on the government, Sudi accused him of being selective and being driven by ethnicity.
The lawmaker faulted the cleric for finding an issue with the government advertising its works, noting that even the catholic church partakes in such models.
He noted that Muheria was never vocal during the late Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta's regimes, adding that the cleric's criticism of the current regime was being sparked by a personal vendetta against President William Ruto.
"Announcements are everywhere, including in the Catholic church. I am requesting you stop politicking. You have a lot of work taking us to heaven. You should mould us all, but tribalism is what drives you. You never talked during Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta's regimes. Stop these daily accusations yet you have a lot of divine work to do. Your recent remarks appear to be driven less by constructive critique and more by divisive undertones of tribalism and personal spite" Sudi said via X.
Sudi's rebuttal to Muheria came after that of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, who asked Muheria and other religious leaders to focus on spiritual matters.
“If you are a bishop, stay in your lane, protect our souls because sometimes it is very difficult when you rattle not to answer you back in a manner that is not appropriate,” he stated.
Wetangula emphasized the government's necessity of keeping the public informed about its activities, noting that it is a constitutional obligation to ensure transparency and public participation.
He also called on the government to continue broadcasting government projects.
“When you say the government is not an advertising agency, it means you have not read the 2010 Constitution of Kenya because it says the centrality of this constitution is the people of Kenya; they must know and participate in everything we do. As a government, you have a duty to continue broadcasting whatever we do for all Kenyans to know,” Wetangula added.
