The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya yesterday told off the churches' council for warning Kenyans against electing an ICC suspect. Speaking at a press conference, the alliance said the advice was ill-timed.
Yesterday, the National Council of Churches of Kenya asked Kenyans to be discrete when voting because it will be difficult for a president to govern the country from the Hague.
They defended diplomats who have warned that there will be consequences if Jubilee's Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are elected. "NCCK appreciates the interests of the foreign missions, European Union and African Union, because they helped us when the country went haywire and it is not fair to ridicule them,” said NCCK secretary general Rev Canon Peter Karanja after a two-day meeting at the Jumuia Conference and Retreat Centre in Limuru.
However, EAK secretary general John Korir said, “that was an opinion of NCCK. As a church, we want to see democracy prevail. Let the people of Kenya decide.”
“Dictating how people should vote is an insult to democracy. We love our friends but let envoys not meddle in our affairs,” he said. The alliance said the NCCK should leave Uhuru and Kenyatta alone because they have been cleared by the IEBC.
“When NCCK warns about Uhuru and Ruto, that is a direct campaign for their opponents,” said Festus Mukoya, a peace building programme co-coordinator at the Evangelical Alliance.
The High Court is due to rule tomorrow if Uhuru and Ruto are eligible to contest the presidency on grounds of integrity. Korir added that the Evangelical Alliance has come up with peace programmes where communities are urged to uphold peace during this election period.
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