RELIGION VS. POLITICS

 

 

 

 

The spike of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has been noticeable in almost all parts of the country.

Religious leaders urge that churches should be involved in the process.

Speaking yesterday at Walodeya in Chavakali, PAG Kenya General Superintendent Patrick Lihanda suggested that churches should be involved in the process at large.

He urged politicians to calm down ahead of the 2022 general elections, since with the increasing political temperatures, the country risks chaos.

“Politicians need to tone down and involve the church since with prayers everything shall be well and organized,” Walodeya said, adding that, “they should change their slogan, ‘nobody can stop reggae,’ since Jesus can stop reggae.”

The clergy is expected to play its rightful role when it comes to politics, that is; ensuring that the politicians do what is in the best interest of the Kenyan citizens, guide the politicians, support what is right and condemn what is evil.

Most religious leaders advice that politicians should stop hijacking religious platforms for political gains at the expense of peace and harmony in this country.

 It has been observed that most churches do not have the power to close anyone out, politicians may come to church as ordinary people and in most cases, the challenge that most church leaders face is  how to give recognition to politicians and failure to control what they will say.

The clergy advises that insults and abuses can never solve a scourge. Politicians should respect each other and come up with ways to carry out their campaigns peacefully as we await the 2022 general elections.

In addition to that, now that the drumbeats of politics are so loud, all clergy leaders should take charge and deliberately ensure that nothing to jeopardize the peace in this nation is said in a sacred place of worship.

Religious leaders should be the ones to lead the politicians and not the other way round. They should be able to advise them when they have wrong utterances and incites.

 Respect for the Almighty is paramount, hence, politicians and the clergy should work together and ensure this nation soars to greater heights of excellence.