The office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions is in a meeting with the country’s religious leaders regarded as the moral custodians of society, to discuss the big elephant in Kenya ‘corruption’.
A huge debate sparked over politicians invading holy sanctuaries and specifically many questions have been centred at whether the religious leaders should be accepting their huge donations which are suspected to be graft proceeds.
Many are unimpressed with the meeting claiming the leaders are also drowning in the corruption mix.
Sorry but the same have been enablers of this vice called Corruption .
— M.KAY.H (@MkayhH) May 29, 2019
.@ODPP_KE meeting with country's religious leaders, the moral custodians of society to discuss matters corruption #ODPPInterFaith_FightingGraft pic.twitter.com/HqSIsxzfCu
— ODPP_KE (@ODPP_KE) May 29, 2019
'Moral Custodians' and corrupt leaders, same wozap!
— ~~Musyoki (@BenjahMusyox) May 29, 2019
It is common knowledge that many of our public officials are corrupt. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the most generous politicians are often also the most corrupt. Their generosity on Sundays would not survive a sober lifestyle audit.
all these pple are rotten to the core
— Dominic Mathina (@dmathina) May 29, 2019
The current battle over whether to go to bed with corrupt public officials has snared even established outfits like the Catholic Church. Media reports even indicated a split among Catholic Bishops over whether or not to attend a prayer rally organised for a leading Jubilee politician previously in Murang’a.
In a statement, the Anglican Church of Kenya said it will not allow “harambee money to become a subtle way of sanitising the corrupt leaders” but failed to ban fundraisers at the pulpits.
With significant numbers of Kenyans regarding sections of our religious leaders as beneficiaries of corruption or, at least tolerant of the vice, how can the ODPP ensure it's also not being taken for a ride?
— Karanja Matindi. #NoHumanIsLimited! (@braga_vance) May 29, 2019
The church finds itself in a catch-22 situation. The ACK said Christians, including politicians, “are expected to worship God with their resources quietly as the Bible teaches”.
“The bishops and Christians should hold fundraisers outside church buildings,” Sapit said during a press conference in Nairobi.
"Moral custodians"
— JM II (@Ke_energywatch) May 29, 2019
They (religious leaders) too need to reform… They lost their moral obligations to oversee a just Equitable society ages ago. They are after earthly riches and not the Kingdom of God and its grandeur…
— Timothy G. Kamau (@GTimooz) May 29, 2019
Some have suggested that the office of the ODPP should rather engage with common citizens on how to deal with corruption.
Very wrong.
They are the recipients of corruption.
Instead, engage with thr common citizen on matters corruption.— Tumbalal. (@BendonMurgor) May 29, 2019
Do you feel the ODPP can fight graft together with religious leaders?