President Uhuru Kenyatta is a Roman Catholic. In November 5th, 2017, President Kenyatta turned down a sacrament offer from Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, something that left the whole congregations in laughter.
President Uhuru didn’t expect to be given a sacrament being a “stranger” in the Anglican Church. His church cardinal (Cardinal John Njue) of the Roman Catholic doesn’t offer sacraments to visitors.
“Where I come from (Catholic Church), we don’t offer Communion to strangers and I was quite willing to go up but then I realised that this event is live and my Cardinal may be watching, and I wasn’t sure how he may respond to that,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
“Given that I gave the Pope a gift last Friday and he didn’t say no, I think I’m allowed to give this to you without the Cardinal getting you into trouble,” Archbishop Welby had responded cheerfully.
Archbishop Welby is the chief head of the Church of England. He has attended a celebration at the All Saints Cathedral, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK). President Uhuru among other Kenyan leaders had also attended the service.
Archbishop Welby also used President Uhuru’s microphone when addressing him and the congregation, which he later apologized.
“I’m sorry Your Excellency, I used your microphone. In England, that would be called lèse-majesté, and I would be confined in prison for many years,” he said.
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