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Bishops led by Dominick Kimengich (second right) pray for political leaders including President William Ruto during an interdenominational service at the Eldoret Sports Club in Uasin Gishu County on December 25, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
When two political combatants keep invoking the name of God to win sympathy and score political points, confusion reigns and there is a blurred line between good and bad intentions.
Such is the prevailing scenario where President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga have closely associated with sections of the church sympathetic to their causes to justify their standpoints.
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