Church leaders dilemma over ‘ready-made crowd’

Catholic faithful follow mass service during the Ash Wednesday sermon by Fr. Simon Kinyanjui at the Holy Family Basilica church, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Pulpit-based politicking is nothing new in the South Rift region and neither is controversy over it.

Churches in the region have been accommodating to politicians especially in the run-up to and during electioneering campaigns.