Reverend Peter Kinyanjui of the PCEA stopped Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi from announcing his contribution during a fundraising event.
Pastor Kinyanjui while explaining his decision highlighted the biblical principle of humility in giving.
“Mr. Sudi, because I know you have come with money, don’t tell us how much you have contributed. Just come with an envelope, even if it’s from the president. The Bible says that whatever your hand gives the other hand should not know and that is very serious. We do not want to reveal the money we are going to give to build that church and then Jesus will say one day we were showing off,” he said.
MP Sudi blocked from announcing his contribution amount during a fundraising event. Photo: Courtesy.
While talking, Sudi acknowledged that the restriction on politicians speaking in churches was largely a result of their own actions.
“Bishop, you’ve enforced what I have been thinking of all this while. And it is us politicians who have spoiled it for ourselves because we talk politics in church. But let me just reiterate, maybe the bishop does not know me, but I am a Christian. What you have done is right, and it is we politicians who ruined everything by speaking politics in church,” he said.
This comes weeks after President Ruto reaffirmed his commitment to donating to churches, despite having previously banned public officials from participating in fundraisers due to corruption concerns.
