Catholic Archbishop Muheria Stands With The Church Saying Pastors Can't Tell Dirty Money

"It is not possible for pastors to differentiate between clean money and that gotten through dirty means, this comes after President Uhuru Kenyatta accused some churches of receiving bribes from corrupt officials during the Sagana meeting.

Archbishop Muheria, speaking to the press after conducting Ash Wednesday service at Nyeri's Consolata Cathedral, urged politicians to keep the peace throughout election campaigns and encouraged lawmakers to keep corruption gains out of church donations since the clergy cannot determine where the money comes from until it reaches the church.

He further stated that it is the duty of the politicians and the people at large to ensure that they work to ensure that they do not bring dirty money into the churches.

"It's really your view whether money is tainted or not tainted.  And I often say that I wish I had a ph paper so that I could touch the money and tell the difference between dirty and good money. It is not the amount, it's where it has come from,” he said.

"If it comes from shady sources, it is your conscience that should keep you from bringing shady money into the church... It's all about the source and the goal. This has been the church's position, and this is what any sensible person would seek, therefore I beg that we stop from corruption, that we do not point fingers, and that we work to eradicate vice," he said.

The Archbishop also urged the clergy to stop working in favor of certain politicians and cautioned them against using religion to get votes.

"And we religious leaders must avoid appearing to know who is God's chosen one; we haven't been spoken to by God or his angels about who is the anointed one, so we must treat everyone equally."

He called upon the politicians to keep the peace throughout election campaigns as the Catholic faithful prepared to enter the Lenten season.