Religious leaders have been vouching for dialogue. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has called upon the NASA and JUBILEE political party to engage constructive dialogue to end the political crisis facing the country.
The dialogue message was a statement read at the Christ the King Cathedral in Nakuru after a Holy Mass in memory of Bishop Cornelius Korir and special prayers for the country which was presided over by Cardinal Njue.
The clergy has stated that it is very evident that there are political differences among leaders that surfaced during and after elections that should be settled only through constructive dialogue between the two parties.
In attendance were Bishops Phillip Anyolo, John Oballa Owaa and Martin Kivuva of Mombasa Arch Diocese, who promised to organize an all-inclusive National Dialogue Forum to set agenda for discussion and resolutions, terming it as fundamental responsibility in politics.
“Irrespective of the outcome of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Repeat Elections and any evolvement of the political situation, we are convinced that the National Dialogue Forum is necessary,” Bishop Kivuva said.
This comes just a day after the National Council of Churches of Kenya made a similar call and asked for the creation of a Prime Minister’s position in the national government.
While reading the statement which 24 bishops under the umbrella of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)signed, among them Cardinal John Njue, Bishop Oballa said the county was divided in the middle into political and ethnic lines.
Reverend Peter Karanja of the National Council of Churches of Kenya also attended the mass.