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Keep off politics, Raila Odinga asks church

ODM leader Raila Odinga when he delivered his Christmas message to Kenyans. [Courtesy, Twitter]

ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticized the church over what he considers their deep involvement in politics and termed it a threat to democracy and good governance.

In his Christmas day message at Nyamira ACK church in Bondo Siaya County, Raila condemned a section of the country's religious leadership whom he says are out to impress the government at the expense of promoting democratic ideals.

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