Central pastors walk to Western for peace
More than 20 pastors from Central province have embarked on a 12-day walk from Nairobi to Western Kenya to preach peace ahead of the next year's general election. Using the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, the pastors, who started the walk on Friday, had reached Naivasha by the time of going to press yesterday.
They are wearing T-shirts and carrying banners with peace message inscriptions. Led by Pastor Joseph Githunguri of the Christian Shalom Church, the faithful said they are willing to sacrifice all they have to see that the country does not experience the violence that happened after the 2007 general election.
Githunguri said they will hold meetings in Kericho, Nakuru and Kisumu. “We are a group of pastors and evangelists from Central and we have come together in this initiative of preaching peace to Busia and we are aiming not only to reach to the locals but also to encourage the church to do the same,” said Githunguri.
He added: ‘The church has remained dormant for a long time and we have decided to go out and tell Kenyans not to fight, but to uphold unity for all the communities so that the face of Kenya can be changed. We have been praying but it’s high time for the pastors to work in actions.”
''We have left our families and our followers to engage in the noble task. We love the country and our prayer is that all politicians, mostly those accused of perpetrating crimes, will hear our cries.'' The pastors said they are preaching seven things that are outlined in Proverbs Chapter six verses 16-19, which condemns filthy hands, which poor innocent blood, deceitful tongue, legs which run to commit crime, among others.
“This country does not belong to a certain tribe. It is not for the wealthy or the poor, it is not for the educated or illiterate, it is not for a certain religion but it belongs to God who has put us together so that we can live in one peace,” said Githunguri. “Every Kenyan has the responsibility in ensuring that we do work and curry out our businesses in peace. It is a shame for someone to be walking in the streets feeling insecure. So we are asking well-wishers to come in and help,” said the pastor.
The pastors are from different denominations like Christian shalom, Pefa, CBC Church among others, under umbrella of the Christian Shalom Ministry. They are taking refuge on the roads either in police stations or churches at night and continue with their journey during the day.“We have no money and we have people who are coming in giving us food, water and we have one person who have us his small car, which is currying our luggage,'' said Githunguri.
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