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Early campaigns will cost your 2022 bid- Methodist clergy Joseph Ntombura urges politicians

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Centre Bishop Rev Joseph Ntombura flanked by two other clergy of the church

By Mwarandu Kombe

The Methodist Church in Kenya has issued a stern warning to the political elites against conducting early campaigns.

The leadership of the church instead says politicians should focus on the role vested to them by the electorates.

“This is not the time for our politicians to conduct campaigns, rather they should focus on developing the country” he said

Addressing journalist in Mombasa on Sunday East African Methodist Church Rev Bishop Joseph Ntombura said it is high time elected leaders concentrate on development.
He urged politicians to avoid mere rhetoric adding that they (politicians) will be voted in the next general election based on their track records.
“I want to tell them that Kenyans will only elect politicians who brought in development to the people. Kenyans will use certain parameters to vote them in come 2022” the clergy stated

The Rev lauded President Uhuru Kenyatta’s efforts to combat graft in public coffers.

He says the Methodist church fully supports the war on graft.

“We are behind the President’s gear to fight corruption in public offices. I call on our leaders to do the same” Ntombura noted

The religious leader condemned all the recent terror attacks including the Dusit D2 attack in Nairobi which claimed about 20 innocent lives.

He however termed the terror attacks as acts of cowardice aimed at terrorizing Kenyans.

“Again as a church we condemn the terror attacks that occurred in our country recently. The aim of terrorists is to frighten Kenyans” he pointed out.

He called on the government to deploy more police officers in public entities in order to safeguard the interests of the wider public.

On her part, Rose Juma an elder and a pioneer of Mombasa Synod Methodist Church called on the religious leaders to work together for the wider interests of the church.

“Differences started long time ago. The ongoing leadership wrangles should be resolved according to godly principles”

She urged the church leadership to resolve the wrangles in accordance with the laid down Godly principles.

The elder argues that church differences started centuries ago advising that such divisions should be resolved peacefully.

Methodist Church in Kenya is currently under the leadership of Presiding Bishop Rev.Joseph Ntombura who was inducted in January 2013.

The church has 12 synods in Kenya ,and Tanzania ,Uganda,Southern Sudan and recently Republic of Congo.

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