Once welcoming clerics now distance themselves from Ruto’s government

The church is rising against President William Ruto’s administration amid the impeachment drama surrounding former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

Clerics who once welcomed top politicians onto their pulpits are now distancing themselves, admitting they were wrong to believe this was a government chosen by God for the people.

The latest wave of teachings from the pulpit signals a growing revolt among church leaders against President William Ruto's government.

“I have always been thinking that this government is a government of God; it is a government of fights,” Teresia Wairimu of Faith Evangelistic Ministry said on Sunday.

“This is not the government of God. It is not. We shall know them by their fruit and for sure there is no fruit of God here,” noted Tony Kiamah of the River of God Church.

The sentiments from the clergy, backed by scripture, not only condemn President Ruto’s troubled administration but also express regret

''Our church fathers, you have to come to a place of basically acknowledging that tulikosea. What we did was wrong,” Kiamah said.

Wairimu added: “As a voter I am disappointed and the next election you must convince me we are sick of noise we want performers someone must go home most of you will go home.”

John C.W. of the Share The Love Centre, on his part, said, “I was hoping the day we brought this government to power, they would have listened but clearly till today they have rejected to hear God.”

President William Ruto and impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua were once the church's golden boys leading up to the 2022 election.

Now, their messy fallout has become a major headache for the clergy.

“Unajua hii serikali iliingia kwa maombi na Mungu ndiye hakimu wa serikali hii na kwa sababu wameweka kipimo cha kuhukumiwa,” Apostle Kimani William of the Kingdom Seekers Church said.

The churches that once embraced President Ruto and his deputy with open arms are now leading in censuring the government for letting Kenyans down.

Their revolt marks a new wave of criticism aimed at mending the rift between the two leaders.