Clerics urge politicians to refrain from interfering with the electoral commission's voter tallying process. KenyaDecides2022
Presiding Bishop Methodist church in Kenya Rev Joseph Ntombura, Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Jackson Sapit, Alliance of Kenya Chair Bishop David Oginde and Archbishop Anthony Muheria of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri in Karen, Nairobi, on August 12, 2022, where they addressed the media and called for peace as Kenyans wait for election results.
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Council of Churches of Kenya urge political leaders to give the IEBC time and space to carry out its constitutional mandate. The clerics were referring to a reported dispute between Azimio and Kenya Kwanza coalition agents on Friday at the Bomas of Kenya, the national tallying centre.
“Appreciating that national focus is on the presidential poll, we note that the law requires the chairman of the Independent and Electoral and Boundaries Commission to verify and tally all the form 34As,” said Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo, the General Secretary of KCCB in a statement read jointly with Rev Chris Kinyanjui Kamau, the General Secretary of the NCCK.
“As religious leaders, we wish to make a special appeal to the presidential candidates, their agents and all their supporters, kindly maintain the commitment to peace and encourage your supporters to be patient,” they said during a press conference held on Friday in Karen, at the Donum Dei, Roussel House.
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