Don’t curse Raila over running mate issue, clergy says
May 9, 2022
Don’t curse Raila over running mate issue, clergy says
The clergy in Nyanza region have
told some of their counterparts in Ukambani region not to curse Azimio La Umoja
One Kenya Alliance Presidential aspirant Raila Odinga on the issue of running
mate which have brought up mixed reactions as plans to get one got notch
higher.
Under the banner of the Nyanza
Council of Church Leaders, a section of clergy in Nyanza region say some of the
clergy from Ukambani region who have threatened to curse Odinga if he does not
appoint Kalonzo Musyoka as his running mate is not right at all.
Through the council’s chairman
Apostle Washington Ogonyo Ngede said such utterance about cursing political
leaders is not right at all.
“We highly condemn in the strongest
terms possible utterances recently made by a section of the clergy from
Ukambani region that seems to be forcing Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Alliance
Presidential aspirant Raila Odinga to appoint Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka as his
Deputy failure to which he will face a curse from such clergy,” Ngede says.
He says the clergy should know that
the Bible says in the book of Daniel 2:21 “And He changes times and seasons. He
removes Kings and raises up Kings.”
“This is only God’s obligation and
not any other person since leadership is anointed by God Himself. The Bible
says in the book of Numbers 23:7-8 and he took up his oracles and said: “Balak
the King of Moab has brought me from Aram, from the Mountains of East, come
curse Jacob for me and come denounce Israel. How can I curse who God has not
cursed?
Ngede has called upon Kenyans wait
for the outcome from the Taskforce that was recently formed and mandated to
interview with an aim of coming up with a suitable person to be Odinga’s
running mate rather than some clergy trying to arm twist the process midway.
He adds that the members of the
Clergy should help in conducting prayers so that a genuine running mate is
found but should not issue threat in the ongoing process.
“In the book of Luke 9:53-56 says: “
but they did not receive Him because his face was set for the journey to
Jerusalem and when his disciples James and John saw this they said, Lord do you
want us to command fire to come down from Heaven and consume them just as
Elijah did? But he turned and rebuked them and said, you do not know what
manner of spirit you are of. For the son of man did not come to destroy men’s
lives but to save them,” he further adds.
The chairman further says the clergy
should never issue ultimatum and should leave the process to the experts to do
their work without any form of interference. They should never be acting on
behalf of someone who is not the member of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance.
He is of the opinion that the Azimio
La Umoja One Kenya Alliance has been established to unite Kenyans but not to
divide them, adding that whoever has the Spirit of Azimio should unite Kenyans
and pray while waiting for God to give the Coalition’s running mate.
“Let us pray and leave it for God to
give us what He wants for Kenyans. We are praying to have a President and his
deputy who are ready fight corruption when they take office after the August 9
General Election. This is because corruption is the vice that has derailed the
country’s economy,” he further says.
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