Published on July 1, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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By Elijah Odanga
The church has accused the president William Ruto led ruling Kenya Kwanza government for planning to rig the 2027 elections.
“We are deeply concerned that the government is seemingly creating a framework for manipulation of the 2027 General Elections,” warned the church leaders in a pastoral letter to Kenyans.
The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) said the the blatant decision to disobey a court order and gazette the nominees for positions of Chairman and Commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is a case in point.
The NCCK leadership questioned if the President deliberately set up the nation so that the High Court nullifies the process and the country restarts the recruitment process
“Is this a deliberate measure to continue denying Kenyans the right to enjoy the democracy they have fought so hard for?,”they queried.
In the pastoral letter signed by the NCCK chairman Reverend Dr Elias Otieno Ogola and the Secretary General Reverend Canon Dr Chris Kinyanjui demanded that the President withdraws the gazette notice to allow the court process to be completed so that the country gets a credible IEBC soonest saying that electoral body that is under threat.
The clergy said that another constitutional body is the Supreme Court of Kenya, which is the only organ with power to review and decide on disputes touching on presidential elections.
“Are the efforts being driven to remove all the Supreme Court judges meant to replace them with cronies of those in power. Is it a thinly veiled attempt to intimidate the judges to the point where they fear making independent decisions. If indeed this was an effort to cleanse the Judiciary of corruption, should it not be a radical surgery affecting the whole judiciary?, ” they wondered.
The leaders said the pain caused by the state-sponsored abductions, torture and killings of the youth are immeasurable.
“Kenya has indeed become a police state. Why is the government so determined to rule by fear and terror rather than simply applying the Constitution and Laws of Kenya,” they said.
They called on Kenyans to resist the lure of a few hundred shillings from politicians and instead demand that those elected to Parliament and County Assemblies concentrate on legislative processes.
“One of the biggest insults Kenyans have received from political leaders is the so-called empowerment drives. These rallies are only comparable to a farmer throwing maize seeds at a chicken so as to catch it. Why are the elected politicians so determined to avoid doing the work they were elected to do and instead want to spend all their time dishing out coins to corrupt and buy voters, ” the leaders averred.
They added: “Remind them that dishing out money is not part of their constitutional mandate.”
