Religious leaders from the Nyanza region have threatened to mobilise Kenyans for civil disobedience over alleged oppression and mismanagement by President William Ruto’s administration.
According to them, the country is headed in the wrong direction and called for the President to institute a raft of measures to address problems facing Kenyans, failure to which they will mobilise their supporters in civil unrest.
“The nation has witnessed the worst cases of oppression in recent times, some orchestrated through commercialization of political leadership with the opposition voices virtually eclipsed in Nyanza region after the creation of the broad-based government,”
The eight demands issued by the leaders are aimed to improve the livelihoods of Kenyans and Most of all the demands were also raised by the Catholic bishops.
This comes a few days after the KCCB issued a statement criticising Ruto’s government over allegations of rampant corruption, over-taxation, and unkept promises.
However after the KCCB statement the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) bishops called out their Catholic counterparts for publicly criticising the Kenya Kwanza Government on Thursday terming it as disrespectful.
According to the ACK bishop, there were other means to articulate their grievances respectfully other than publicly attacking President Ruto.
The Anglican Church, however, issued another statement on November 18, saying it fully supports the statement issued by Catholic bishops.
Moreover the Atheists in Kenya on Monday also supported the Catholic church in calling out the government. They stated that the culture of lies was slowly replacing integrity.
