ACK Bishops in Nyanza tells President to bring sanity in police Service
By Dickson Odhiambo
June 20, 2025
ACK Bishops in Nyanza tells President to bring
sanity in police Service
The
Anglican Church of Kenya in Nyanza region has told President William Ruto to
bring sanity in the security service especially in the Police service.
The Bishops
say they are really disappointed that President William Ruto has virtually
failed to stand with Kenyans who are the target of police brutality.
The ACK Bishops
namely Prof David Kodia of Bondo Diocese, Charles Ong’injo of Maseno South,
John Orina Omangi of Upper Southern Nyanza, Bernard Owuor, the Bishop Elect of
Maseno East Diocese and Dr. Emily Onyango, the Assistant Bishop of ACK Bondo
Diocese say it is high time President Ruto come out and use powers given by the
people of Kenya to bring sanity in the country’s security forces.
Addressing
the press in Kisumu today led by the Regional Chairperson Bishop Prof David
Kodia, the clergy time has come that the DCI should be faced out since it has become
dreaded unity used by those in power to harass Kenyans.
“We cannot
and will not keep quite when a unit of the police paid by taxpayers’ money becoming
a terror gang licensed to kill. In Kenya today, there is no difference between
DCI and the terror gangs harassing the people,” the clergy say.
The Clergy
say there is a great concern that most of the terror gangs are hired by those
in position of influence thus creating a culture of violence, retaliation and
anarchy.
“Our appeal
to the President is to rise up and show leadership by reigning sense over your
officers. We are annoyed beyond words and a condolence alone is not enough to
cool the anger Kenyans have,” they add.
The clergy
have also taken issues with the Independent Police Oversight Authority {IPOA}
which they claim is a toothless dog that can’t bite, but can talk louder enough
to confuse the nation that it is working, adding that all the machineries of
the state that are funded by the tax payers be allowed to do their work without
interference from any quarter.
On the
issue of Freedom of expression, the clergy say any attempt to deprive Kenyans
of it as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and
cushioned in the Kenyan Constitution of 2010 is an upfront to dictatorship,
adding that such an attempt must be condemned.
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