How politicians are keeping off pulpits in wake of backlash from churchgoers

For a long time now, politicians have thronged churches mostly for two things, to support churches in raising funds for development projects and to address their constituents on certain sticky or national issues.

And on several occasions, political leaders have used church podiums to attack fellow politicians while others have used the same podiums to seek to popularise government policies.

But this now appears to have been stopped by church leaders and even congregants.

In Kiambu. members of the county assembly who attended a church service at the Kikuyu Church Catholic Parish got a rude shock when the clergy outrightly denied them an opportunity to speak after the sermon.

This new turn of events comes in the wake of an uproar by young Kenyans who say politicians have used places of worship to display opulence and contempt.

Governor Kimani Wamatangi was the only one permitted to speak but even he too stayed away from political matters.

At the Kericho AGC Emmanuel church during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations, elected leaders failed to show up fearing a backlash from the close to four thousand congregants who attended.

This was a ceremony that three weeks ago would have attracted several leaders including CSs, Governors, Senators, and MPs among others.

Instead, only the women rep and three MCAs attended with only the area MCA and the women rep being allowed to address the congregation.

Church leaders present say, the actions country-wide by Gen Z had brought a shift in how matters will be conducted not only nationally but also in churches.