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Clerics fight to regain control of the pulpit from politicians

ACK Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit speaks to journalists at St Peters ACK in Nyeri on July 17, 2018. (File, Standard)

With their eyes firmly focused on 2022 and blinded by easy access to millions of captive supporters, politicians have transformed Kenyan churches into vote hunting grounds.

The forays made in different churches by politicians have sent worrying signals to the clerics of mainstream churches who now want the vote seekers locked out of the pulpit.

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