Politicians banned from speaking in Anglican churches

Politicians banned from speaking in Anglican churches

Raila and Musalia Mudavadi are the first politicians to experience this new directive by the Anglican Church since they were forced to stay silent during a church service in Butere. The politicians had come to witness the consecration of the first female bishop of the Anglican Church in the country   Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit said political leaders had violated the sacred nature of the altar.

Church services all over the country are being abused by politicians who turn it into a political rally.“In the church, everybody is welcome, but we have the pews and the pulpit. The pulpit is for the clergy and the pews are for everybody who came to worship,” said Ole Sapit. This move comes after catholic churches banned these political rallies in their churches

.''I plead with all Catholic priests, especially in my archdiocese, that we are firm, that the politicians have a space to come and pray, but have no space to speak in our churches,” said Anthony Muheria Archbishop, Nyeri Catholic Diocese.