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Reverend Sammy Wainaina said he could not sit aside and watch the political class and the church using the name of Christ to conceal their evils at all.
THE STANDARD By
Elias Mokua |
February 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Rev Canon Sammy Wainaina (
pictured) of All Saints Cathedral Provost - Nairobi, stole the limelight last week. He gave a tough sermon that corruption is chewing the soul of Kenya.
The provost was concerned that President Uhuru Kenyatta sounded defeated in the fight against the most thriving vice in Kenya. Two Sh2 billion shillings is lost every day to corruption, according to the president.
The viral clip on social media, followed by mainstream media’s interest in the sermon in which the provost criticised the government for laxity in fighting corruption reminded me of the anti-corruption campaign that the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) ran last year. At the time, many media houses carried stories on the campaign.
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In July 2018, Deputy President William Ruto donated a staggering Sh8 million in crisp currency notes inside a green uhuru bag onstensibly for the construction of a chidren’s centre at the 100-year-old All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi.
The highly suspect money was handed in cash to a sheepishly smiling Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit at the church pulpit whose self-righteous church never questioned the source. Standing next to Ruto smiling from ear-to-ear was Provost Rev Canon Sammy Wainaina who nodded vigorously as Ruto pledged a further Sh2 million to top up the donation to Sh10 million.
THE STANDARD
POLITICS
All Saints Cathedral Provost Canon Sammy Wainaina during a Sunday Service in Nairobi streamed live to faithful on Television, on Sunday, May 24 2020.[David Njaaga, Standard]
All Saints Cathedral Provost Canon Sammy Wainaina says that by virtue of being voted for by Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta is not the boss but a servant and leader.
Speaking to Spice FM on this morning, the provost said it’s time Kenyans stopped seeing politicians as demi-gods.
“I think we have overrated our politicians. They have become our bosses and that’s why when they come to church, they want me who is their servant to give them a chance,” said Provost Wainaina.