This archive report was first published on 24 May 2020.
On Sunday, May 24, 2020, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) issued a statement expressing concern over the ongoing political bickering occasioned by the 2022 succession race.
The statement, issued by Bishop Dominic Kimengich of the Eldoret Diocese, called on political leaders to commit themselves to serving Kenyans and shun divisive politics, which he noted risk sinking the country into instability.
"Our people are confused and are unable to understand, what is really happening to our politicians, the promises they had made. People are still hurt, the wounds of the 2007/8 post-election violence are still not healed," Bishop Kimengich pleaded.
He urged leaders to put aside political games and jostling for positioning regarding the 2022 elections, saying, "Please I beg you do not open these wounds. Please see the good of this country and put aside the political games and the jostling for political positioning regarding the 2022 elections."
The Catholic Bishops also stressed the need for political leaders to focus their efforts on eliminating the spread of coronavirus from the country.
"Indeed this is not the time for politics, this is the time that all our leaders should unite to fight all our enemy. We have a big problem ahead of us and if we do not put all our energies in eradicating COVID-19, there may be no people to rule in 2022," Bishop Kimengich said in a statement on behalf of his colleagues in the KCCB.
