President William Ruto read the riot act to religious leaders who spread false teachings in the aftermath of the Shakahola massacre, which resulted in the exhumation of over 100 bodies.
During a church service on Sunday at Makutano Stadium in Kapenguria, West Pokot County, Ruto stated that a framework for taming unscrupulous pastors was being developed in collaboration with spiritual leaders.
“I will consult all religious leaders in the country to have a task force to weed out the characters who want to abuse religion, to run businesses and things that are anti-religion in Kenya.
“We want to provide a framework agreed upon with our religious leaders. A framework that will provide for self-regulation so that churches and spiritual leaders can have a mechanism where they can point to government those who want to abuse religion for other purposes,” the Head of State announced.
In addition, he stated that a Judicial Commission of Inquiry would be formed in the coming week to investigate the Shakahola massacre.
“We are Christians who believe in God. There are those who use religion to destroy other people and also other destructive means.
“To ensure that what happened in Shakahola will never happen again, we are placing a Judicial Commission of Inquiry so that we can get to the bottom of what really happened in Shakahola with Mackenzie and all his collaborators,” he stated.
The president also confirmed that the new move would coincide with the transfer of all Kilifi County commissioners.
“Recently, we transferred all commissioners who slacked on their jobs including the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and
Criminal Investigation Department (CID). So this week, I will appoint the commission so that what happened at Shakahola doesn’t happen again,” he noted.
