In an apparent reference to weeks of finger pointing and wrangling in the ruling Jubilee party, a Nakuru clergy said continuous power struggle among leaders is increasingly rolling back gains achieved in years of thorough peacebuilding initiatives.
Calls for concerted action against division and corruption took
Speaking on Monday during Easter Service, Bishop Elizabeth Itegi of the Grace Manifestation Ministries said an atmosphere charged with divisive politics is unfriendly to meaningful development.
She urged Kenyan professionals in the Diaspora to work with the government in the bid to put the country on the elusive path of cohesive development.
The clergy also challenged politicians to refrain from using the war against graft to whip sentiments that are apt to polarize the country.
“The political leadership of this country is spending so much energy on premature 2022 succession politics at the expense of Kenyans focal problems and this is backward and selfish,” said Bishop Itegi.
Her sentiments were echoed by Bishop Prince Macharia who noted that citizens are now yearning for progressive economic growth.