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Authors: ERASTUS MULWA AND VICTOR NZUMA<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A day after President Uhuru Kenyatta asked for forgiveness, Deputy President William Ruto turned up at AIC Bomani in Machakos town and did the same.<\/p>\n

In what is arguably the toughest week yet for the DP with a State sanctioned crackdown on his meetings, a subdued DP offered himself for special prayers, admitting that he was heavy laden.<\/p>\n

Addressing faithful, Ruto criticised the police for lobbying tear gas in places of worship. Ruto was scheduled to attend funds drives at St Leo Catholic Church Shianda in Mumias East and Our Lady of Assumption Indangalasia Catholic Church in Matungu, but police outlawed the two events.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with what was said by our leader, President Uhuru Kenyatta, that we should find a path to forgiveness because we are all humans with weaknesses. Likewise, I am taking this opportunity to say to all that I may have wronged in one way or another, I kindly ask for forgiveness,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n

Sinister political motives<\/strong><\/p>\n

He called for tolerance for divergent opinions and the reverence of places of worship.<\/p>\n

Ruto warned of the wrath of God if State organs continued stoking chaos in places of worship to achieve sinister political motives.<\/p>\n

He said it was only through forgiveness that the country would forge together in unity and peace. The\u00a0DP\u00a0<\/a>regretted the recent events where police disrupted his functions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country we must begin to walk in the path of tolerance and forgiveness. As a Christian I apologise on behalf of the government because some individuals who work for us lobbed tear gas in a church in Murang\u2019a. Another meeting to fundraise for a church in Nyamira was also tear gassed as well as a similar function in Kakamega,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ruto said such acts have \u201cno place in Kenya, which professes to fear God. We should never have such in a country where we profess to be a God-fearing nation. Tear gas should be nowhere near any altar or any congregation of whatever nature of worshippers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Invoking the president\u2019s call for forgiveness and reconciliation during Saturday\u2019s national prayer day, the\u00a0DP\u00a0said it was high time the country embraced political tolerance and shunned divisive politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am asking church leaders and all believers to pray for our nation so that whatever is going on at the moment — tear-gassing of congregants by police — we want to pray that the wrath of God does not descend on us,\u201d said the DP.<\/p>\n

Ruto said the Jubilee Government owes credence to prayers offered in churches and must jealously guard against affliction of worshipers in churches. The DP vowed to stand firm in his commitment to support churches.<\/p>\n

He praised Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana and alluded to a budding alliance between them, saying they were speaking the same language but using different terminology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wanjikus Kibwana fights for are the real hustlers. I know they will start saying Kibwana has now joined the\u00a0DP. What makes them think I cannot join him myself, especially given that he is a full professor and I am mere doctor,\u201d Ruto mused.<\/p>\n

Kibwana told the\u00a0DP\u00a0to stand firm in pursuing the \u201cHustler Nation\u201d dream. \u201cLet us stop cheating ourselves that the hustler narrative will go anywhere because it is here to stay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The governor urged the public to resist any move to return Kenya to the dark days of dictatorship, saying freedom of association and speech must be protected.<\/p>\n

Mwala MP Vincent Musyoka told those in power to stop using State machinery to intimidate others and especially faithful in church. \u201cWhere is the logic to stop the DP from attending church and allowing others freedom of the same,\u201d posed Musyoka.<\/p>\n

Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka said freedom of worship was superior to any other laws imposed to police social order in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe condemn the violence and chaos which were witnessed in Murang\u2019a and other places which were meant to show that\u00a0DP\u00a0Ruto\u2019s events are chaotic,\u201d said Munyaka.<\/p>\n

Double standards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Embakasi West MP George Theuri wondered why the law on public gatherings was being applied selectively against the DP and his political allies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country, let us not allow this kind of anarchy to thrive. The law should not be applied selectively. The church should rise and stand against such acts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kikuyu\u00a0MP\u00a0Kimani Ichung\u2019wa\u00a0stated that\u00a0the right to worship and assemble should not be violated. \u201cThe rights to freedom of worship and lawful assembly must be protected and there must be no double standards when enforcing any laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Langata\u00a0MP\u00a0Nixon Korir said the president\u2019s call for forgiveness was welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are preaching forgiveness, let us embrace justice. Let us be truthful to the oaths that we took. And the church must stand up and agitate for the rights to freedom of worship and assembly,\u201d Korir said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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