Religious leaders from the North Rift region have challenged politicians to stop against engaging in the 2022 succession politics.
The clergy wants elected leaders to focus on delivering pledges they made to Kenyans during the campaigns for the August 8, 2017, general elections as well as the repeat presidential poll on October 26.
Addressing the press in Eldoret town on Friday, the leaders led by retired Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Bishop Thomas Kogo expressed concerns that 2022 politics has already begun barely a year after the country was in an electioneering period.
“This should not be the time for politics, elected leaders need to start delivering what they promised to Kenyans because that is what we expect from them not the 2022 hullabaloo we are being subjected to,” said Bishop Kogo.
“Many Kenyans are languishing in poverty yet we have leaders duly elected who are busy doing campaigns for an election that is set for four years to come,” he added.
The former Eldoret Diocese ACK Bishop, however, hailed a recent move by opposition leader Raila Odinga to bury his political differences with President Uhuru Kenyatta and agree to work closely with the government.
“This is one way of fostering national cohesion and will subsequently help the country’s economic growth. Other leaders who are yet to embrace the truce between President Kenyatta and Odinga need to support it,” he added.