Clergy refutes claims of abandoning episcopal work
By Dickson Odhiambo
November 6, 2021
Clergy refutes claims of abandoning episcopal
work
A Clergy from Nyanza
region has vehemently refuted claims that he has abandoned his episcopal work
and now seeking handouts from politicians across the political divide.
Apostle Dr. Washington
Ogonyo Ngede, the Chairman of the Nyanza Council of Church Leaders said the
article that appeared in one of the Weekly Newspapers last week is really
untrue and very misleading indeed.
Through a press statement,
Apostle Ngede who is also the Head of Power of Jesus Around the World Church
said the allegation contained in the said article has tarnished his reputation
as a person who has been serving God.
“I wish to
categorically refute the allegations leveled against me by one Reporter of a
weekly newspaper that appeared in last week’s edition,” he says.
Ngede says he is
not a believer in propaganda and blackmail hence can’t entertain aspects of
tarnishing his good reputation through character assassination and publishing
malicious statement about his personality.
He adds that never at
any point has he abandoned his pastoral duties and Episcopal responsibilities
as alleged in the newspaper article.
“I want to state
herein that I have been very faithful in serving my Lord and My God with zeal
and zest together with my country Kenya in any capacity by praying for all
leaders in authority because the Bible commands us to pray for Kings and
leaders in the book of 1 Timothy 2:1-3,” he further says.
He states that the
Nyanza Church and State Corporation on Development is a vision that God gave
him in June 1995 and then shared it with the then Government of the late former
President Moi, adding that he was unanimously elected as its chairman after its
formation.
He adds that the
Late Arch Bishop Dr Mathews Ajuoga was his Deputy and the Late Bishop Dr.
Francis Mwayi Abiero was the Secretary General while the late Bishop Zephaniah
Ouma Orao was the Deputy Secretary General.
He says during that time,
Bishop Joseph Ogutu was their Treasurer and from June 1995 there was no
election since they served in our capacities as the eight brothers through the
spirit of brotherhood hence had no disputes on leadership of the Corporation as
alleged in the media report.
Ngede adds that never
at any point did he have a leadership wrangle with his late senior brother in
Christ Arch Bishop Dr. Silas Owiti on the position of the Corporation’s
chairmanship as claimed in the article.
“I have remained the
Chairman even after we changed the Corporation to the Nyanza Council of Church
Leaders. Arch Bishop Dr. Silas Owiti was a true friend and a brother in Christ
and we did not have leadership wrangles with him until he passed on hence the
reports indicating that we had a contest where My friend floored me is very
misleading and full of distortions. It is also very misleading to report that I
was using my position as the Chairman of the Nyanza Council of Churches Leaders
to bulldoze my fellow clergy whom we serve the same God with,” he adds.
On the issue of
using former Nyanza Provincial Commissioner Joseph Kaguthi, the clergy says it
is not true at all because he knew the then Provincial Commissioner just like
any other senior civil servant within the region and could meet during the National
Holidays celebrations, adding that never at any point did he use him to
bulldoze his way into the top as claimed in the media report.
On the issue of attending
ODM Party meetings, he states that the former Prime Minister Right Honorable
Raila Amollo Odinga is a political party leader and it is not a sin to pray for
ODM party and its leadership just like we also do to other political parties
and their leaders.
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