Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi were dealt a blow on Sunday, April 13, after a presiding bishop at a Githunguri church denied the politicians a chance to address the congregation amid the escalating political climate.
Sudi and Sakaja were among several political dignitaries at a PCEA church in Githunguri for a function to raise funds for a new church building.
While it was largely expected that the political figures would address the crowd, this was not the case, as with the bishop making it clear, they would also not be allowed to declare how much they have given towards the construction of the church. "As you have seen in the country in recent months, the PCEA church was in fact among the first to say that politicians should not speak at the pulpit," the bishop said.
He went on to use the Kapseret lawmaker as an example of how politicians tend to divert the attention of the congregation by switching agendas in church.
