The provost of All Saints Cathedral, Sammy Wainaina, has chastised the leadership of the Kenya Kwanza for what he terms praying for Kenyans rather than truly assisting them.
Kenyans need services from the government, not prayers, according to Wainaina, who has recently made news for criticizing President William Ruto's administration for staging multiple rallies for worship that he labels unauthentic.
"Prayers are not what we need from the government; we will make prayers. Services are what we need from the government, the cleric said in an interview with Spice FM on Wednesday.
The reverend lambasted Vice President Rigathi Gachagua on his recent comments that the government is a company where 'majority shareholders' gain perks compared to those 'without shares'.
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Gachagua said on February 19 that Ruto's administration would reward its ardent supporters and those who worked to put the present government in power, adding that government positions and contracts are the exclusive domain of people who voted for the Kenya Kwanza government.
The DP, who has made a name for himself as a devout Christian and whose second lady, Dorcas Rigathi, is a preacher, declared they would give the opposition's supporters the slightest thought.
In Wainaina's opinion, the remarks indicate that Kenya is having problems.
"You genuinely realize that you are in real trouble when you hear a very senior government person saying that there are shares and you can be moved back in line because you do not have shares," he added.
He urged close-knit religious figures in the Ruto administration to offer leadership advice on inclusivity.
There is a lot of irresponsible discourse from our political leaders, Wainaina remarked, so religious leaders who are near to that power might use their influence to ask them to be careful about what they say in public.
Provost Wainaina accused the administration of engaging in political manoeuvring rather than providing services, saying, "We are now away from politics. Provide what you said you would; don't hesitate. That's it.
We shouldn't try to sanitize or make the government a religion so we won't question them. Wainaina continued to let them carry out their manifestos if they said they would.
