Kisumu County clergy chairperson Ezekiel Apindi has challenged the county leaders to stop politics at funeral ceremonies for the deceased proper send off.
Speaking on Monday at funeral service in Ogango village to this writer, Apindi asked leaders to be vigilant and a void attending funerals with a motive to air their political intentions and differences. He said that the deceased should be given decent send off by avoiding to use their burial platform for what he termed cheap and divisive politics.
He called upon leaders to have a bill supporting public participation forum that would give them opportunity to identify with the locals through involvement in politics and ascertaining their development trail in leadership.
According to the clergy, funerals is a platform to console with the deceased family to offer them spiritual and economic support asking leaders to embrace humanity at heart and respect funerals and the deceased families.
Chairperson Apindi noted that other politicians went as far as inciting fellow politicians by airing divisive politics which could create animosity from various supporters hence creating chaos out of distorted and abusive politics.
"Let us act as leaders, that the locals can have faith and hope into, by not showing our dirty linen in public. We strongly believe that we attend funerals to mourn with the deceased families, but not to create shows through divisive politics,” said Apindi.
Church doctrine officer Betrice Ogolla, the area MCA Paul Achayo amongst other stakeholders to give a nice send off to the deceased family, also welcomed the sentiments from the clergy chairperson of respect accordance to the deceased family.
MCA Achayo also appealed to fellow leaders to have proper platform to play politics noting that in funerals they needed to give the deceased last respect they deserve.
MCA Achayo also called upon leaders to come up with bill that support public participation and involvement that would give leaders opportunity to identify with locals.