Catholic Bishops ask Kenyans to reject leaders promoting immorality

They asked Kenyans to elect leaders with a strong moral standing and individuals not tainted with corruption. 

At the Sunday services at the Nyeri cathedral, the Catholic bishops led by Arch Bishop Anthony Muheria called on Kenyans to take their civic duty of electing a leader as an opportunity to place the right people in office right from the wards to the national level.

"Our call is a caution  to avoid careless voting and focus on finding a servant leader in each of the six positions we vote for. Our nation will become the character of the leaders we give her," Archibishop Muheria told the congregation.

According  to Archbishop Muheria, Kenyans must say no to tainted leaders, particularly those who loot from taxpayers' coffers, those who disregard the rule of law and others who incite others to violence. 

The bishops further said there is a need to preserve the country's moral fabric by rejecting promoters of what the bishops termed immoral activities.

In what appeared to be a thinly veiled reference to Roots Party Wajackoyah's proposition to legalize bhang, the bishops asked Kenyans to stand up against leaders proposing the legalization of bhang and abortion.

"We must stand up against those leaders  propose to stop life in its initial stage through abortion, those with an agenda of liberalization of sex, including pornography, and those who propose the destruction of our youth through liberalization of drug use," Muheria added.