Church is always two years behind Kenyans, says Reverend Timothy Njoya

Reverend Timothy Njoya is cornered by the police during demonstrations for a new Constitution in 2010. The reverend during the interview at his Ngong office, last Friday. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

Kenya’s political space is currently dominated by acrimonious exchanges between the Government and Opposition, on the disbandment or reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

In this push and pull, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has invoked its constitutional right to picket, a mode of non-violence protest made popular by civil society as well as the church in the early 90s that led eventually to the collapse of the Kanu regime. Just like during Kenya’s second administration, the protests have been met by sheer force from the authorities.