ACK’s Ole Sapit Bars Gachagua, Sakaja From Speaking In Church
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, along with other high-calibre political figures, was barred from speaking in church on Sunday, March 16.
Gachagua attended an ACK Church service in Makadara with his new Wiper Party ally Kalonzo Musyoka and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to see Bishop Canon Jonathan Kabiru’s consecration and enthronement.
There was excitement about what would happen during the ceremony, which was attended by both allies and adversaries of the Kenya Kwanza government.
However, tensions were alleviated when ACK Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit announced that politicians would not be giving public speeches within the church.
Cheers as Archbishop Ole Sapit Introduces Politicians At ACK Makadara, Denies Them Chance to Address pic.twitter.com/vAiFOnhw9j
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“I want to give directions that from today henceforth, In any Anglican congregation, there will be no opportunity for any political leader to have a speech in the church,” he stated.
He further stated that politicians will no longer be permitted to speak in any ACK churches and that political speeches will not be tolerated within their ‘sanctuaries’ in the future.
“We will mention their names, they will wave their hands if they so wish to speak to the congregants, it will be done outside of the sanctuary not only today but in all our dioceses and churches,” he added.
He further stated that any payments collected in ACK churches will not be made public, and givers will just be required to wave at the congregation.
“We have already declared and we want to declare today that giving in the Anglican Church will not be announced. Just give as God directs you to give,” he added.
Worshippers at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Nairobi witnessed an unprecedented shift in church policy after Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit barred Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, among other politicians from… pic.twitter.com/ubyjPOfNnN
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According to the Archbishop’s directive, politicians were made useless during the occasion, as their donations were silently received by the church with no mention of the amount donated.
Furthermore, political luminaries present at the occasion went mostly unnoticed, with Ole Sapit briefly stating their names, leading them to stand and wave to the audience.
The ACK church’s prohibition came amid political tensions between President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza allies and the government’s political rivals, the majority of which stemmed from comments made during church services.
In one of the most recent church services, Gachagua sensationally declared that Ruto had sold the Bomas of Kenya to a Turkish businessman. The government has now disputed these allegations.
ACK’s Ole Sapit Bars Gachagua, Sakaja From Speaking In Church
