Catholic bishops used big words to fault gov’t instead of giving solutions – Gladys Shollei

Shollei had earlier faulted the bishops for criticising President William Ruto publicly, saying they should have instead sought private audience with the Head of State. 

In a continued onslaught, Shollei maintains that the Catholic Bishops caused anxiety instead of providing solutions to the problems they flagged. 

“They are not just supposed to cry, and say things are bad without giving us a solution. We are looking upon them, they are our spiritual fathers and mothers,” the Uasin Gishu Woman Representative said on Citizen TV daybreak show. 

She accused the bishops of using lofty words such as ‘anxiety, crumbling education’. 

“I want them to say the challenge is A,B,C … and these are the solutions we think we should be proposing,” she argued. 

In the statement that saw the bishops receive condemnation from various miniseries, they faulted Ruto’s administration for what they termed as a deeply entrenched culture of lies, corruption, unfulfilled promises, and misplaced priorities.

Led by their chair, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia of Kisumu, the bishops accused the political class of turning a deaf ear to key concerns raised by Kenyans, including over taxation, unemployment, disturbing gaps in the implementation of the CBC education system, and the transition from NHIF to the Social Health Authority (SHA).

“We have made clear statements many times in the recent past, with very little response from the government. Despite the calmness we are experiencing, there is a lot of anxiety and most people are losing trust in the government," said Muhatia.

President William Ruto would later hit back, saying the discourse should be factual. 

"Even as we engage in public discourse on matters that are important to the people of Kenya, we must be careful to be factual lest we become victims of the things we accuse others of doing," said Ruto  when he attended Tangaza University's Graduation on Friday.