At the National Prayer Breakfast gathering at Safari Park on Wednesday, President William Ruto said that it is a coincidence that this year’s theme is about reconciliation.
The Head of State commended those who had attended the inaugural Kenya Kwanza prayer breakfast. In a statement, Ruto revealed that he had asked for pardon from his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, at last year’s National Prayer Breakfast. This was noteworthy considering that the two had a strained relationship at the time, leading to Ruto being sidelined from the last year’s event.
“I remember during the 2022 prayer breakfast I was asking for forgiveness from my friend the former President Uhuru Kenyatta, it is interesting that in our first prayer meeting, we are discussing forgiveness,” he said.
Uhuru had endorsed Raila Odinga for president instead of his then-deputy, William Ruto. At the event in 2022, the president shared a table with Chief Justice Martha Koome and ex-Attorney General Paul Kihara, while Ruto was seated at a separate table with Kenneth Lusaka and Justin Muturi. Despite efforts to reconcile the two sides, the Azimio faction refused to attend the prayer gathering presided by Ruto.
The Opposition argued that the current situation in the nation requires the people to be humble in their prayers to God and be honest with the Kenyans about the issues they are confronting. They accused the Kenya Kwanza government of not telling the truth about the difficulties that the country is facing.
“If past events where we have shared platforms with Kenya Kwanza are to serve as a guide, Azimio is convinced that the National Prayer Breakfast does not offer the environment the country needs for humility before God, honesty with citizens and respect between leaders,” Azimio said.
Religion is a byproduct of a…
Religion is a byproduct of a people’s language, culture, history, and worldview. That is why the world has slightly over 4,000 religions at the moment.
You cannot be a Muslim unless you are of an Arab descent. You cannot be a follower of any other foreign religion that is not part of your genetic ancestry. Therefore an indigenous Maasai cannot rationally be a member of the Sanatana Dharma (Hindu) religion unless s/he is not aware than they has been mentally hacked or permanently brainwashed.
The same applies to your name. You cannot have a name that is not part of your genetic ancestry unless you have been brainwashed beyond redemption.
In Kenya, the Gikuyu people were among the first Kenyans to get rid of their colonial names and religion.
Prayers belongs to the “superstition” part of our brains. People pray daily in Kenya, and yet the country has more thieves, con artists, hustlers, liars, murderers, now more than we had in 1963 when we obtained our independence from the British.
Brother Rigathi was able to get rid of his colonial name (Geoffrey). Congratulations Brother Rigathi. However, getting rid of all colonial Apps is a lifetime endeavor. It is not easy, but it can be done.
Why are we in Kenya still praying and worshipping a Roman/Jewish and an Arab based deities sixty years after independence? Are we so much brainwashed that we are not aware that we are worshipping a “foreign deity?”
It’s time we started focusing on academic subjects that will be able lift us from our current “stone age” based mentality and propel us to technological advancement that is similar to what other countries such as Korea, India, China, and Japan have accomplished without their worshipping of irrelevant foreign deities and taking foreign names.