Weeks after President Uhuru Kenyatta cracked the whip against government officials believed to have engaged in corruption deals, a pastor from Marani PAG has faulted the church on its commitment to fight corruption.
Pastor Kevin Orina on Sunday said the church only spoke about corruption at the time it was at the peak and only when the public demanded the same.
He said the church ought to talk about corruption constantly and remind the government of the fight against graft that has cost the taxpayers millions of shillings.
“It is sad that we as the church, we wait till there is a major exposure on corruption it is when we speak. We are not playing our role as the clerics on reminding the government of its obligation,” Orina said.
“Fighting corruption entails speaking against it constantly because we encounter this vice daily whether in the public or private sectors. Corruption is even in some churches and that is very sad though,” he added.
Orina asked the president to extend his fight against corruption in the police sector, urging MPs to quit from their offices in case they were mentioned in the EACC list of suspected corrupt officers.
“On our roads, traffic police officers are always there asking for ‘kitu kidogo’ and I believe the president knows that. He should crack the whip on them. Parliamentarians should also quit in case they were mentioned,” he said.