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Of political campaigns inside churches and 'death of God'

Deputy President William Ruto, Naivasha MP Jane Kihara and Kimani Ngunjiri Bahati MP during a church service at St Joseph's Catholic church Karangita in Naivasha, Nakuru County. [Rebecca Nduku, DPPS]

God is dead! This controversial non-theological statement was made in a context not too different from ours here in Kenya. Completely misunderstood for metaphorically declaring that God is dead, German Philosopher Friedrick Nietzsche, was concerned with the way people had moved away from the moral authority that comes with faith in God.

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