Ambrose Rachier, a Nairobi-based lawyer and Gor Mahia Football Club chairman, has dismissed claims that freemasonry is a satanic enterprise.
Rachier attempted to deconstruct the mystery surrounding the activities of the’secret’ organization in an interview with NTV reporter Duncan Khaemba.
“I think most are talking from a point of view of Christianity, yet masonry is not based on any particular religion,” Rachier said.
While admitting to being a member, Rachier was adamant that freemasons do not adhere to any particular religious faith.
“We have Muslims in freemasonry, Christians, Buddhists and a few atheists, so there is no reference whatsoever to issues of devil worship, whoever the devil is.”
Rachier claimed that negative attitudes toward freemasonry were spread by people who had no idea what the organization was all about.
“I think it is all about ignorance. If you get to the masonic hall, the first thing you get is a citation of King Solomon to God saying: “I shall build you a house and you shall establish your throne forever.”
He said anybody who has interacted with freemason wouldn’t hesitate to invite a friend or family member to be part of it.
“I have been there since 1994 and I would find it is something good, something that I would want to invite a friend.
“It is a member’s organisation in which someone who knows you very well invites you to join. Our main objective is to engage in charity to help humanity,” Rachier said.
Rachier admitted that the organization has a powerful membership, including members of the judiciary.
For years, the local clergy has regarded freemasonry with suspicion, claiming it is devil worship.
In 1994, the Church established the Devil Worship Commission to investigate its activities.
