Dagoretti North MP Beatrice Elachi has attracted attention after delivering a fiery and emotional prayer during the 2025 National Prayer Breakfast.
The prayer directly addressing the country’s leadership failures and calling for divine intervention has brought up a heated conversation among Kenyans on social media.
Standing before President William Ruto, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, and other leaders, including those invited from other countries, Elachi held nothing back as she confessed the shortcomings of Kenya’s leaders, citing graft, poor governance, and moral decay as issues that were plunging the country into crises.
Her bold prayer, filled with raw honesty, seemed more like an admonition rather than a prayer and left leaders present uncomfortable, evidenced by their body language.
"But Lord, today we pray for forgiveness. We have compromised ourselves, Father. We've been unable to stand with courage, Father. We have left our country, our young people, in helplessness, in gambling," Elachi prayed.
The prayer took an interesting turn after she directly acknowledged that leaders had neglected their duty to serve, instead focusing on personal wealth.
"We compromised our gates, our airports. Our waters, our boundaries. We have loved money beyond measure, Father, that we can sell our nation at any given time."
The leader further criticized the unchecked power of social media, warning that it has taken control of Kenya’s moral compass, influencing youth, politics, and national discourse in ways that demand urgent regulation and ethical leadership.
She prayed for the restoration of integrity in governance, the protection of public infrastructure, and an end to what she termed a culture of tenders and maintenance contracts that waste public resources.
“We have become a country of tenders, but we don’t do the right thing. We misuse our resources and then lament. Father, forgive us.”
The MP also prayed for President Ruto, his cabinet, and the people working in government offices and counties, including Nairobi, asking for divine order, clarity of purpose, and protection from sabotage and selfish interests.
The seven-minute-long prayer sparked intense reactions online, with Kenyans taking to social media to discuss whether her prayer was a moment of truth or mere political grandstanding.
“These are the true colours and character of a hypocrite; all the politicians who attended that prayer know that they didn't mean whatever they prayed or talked about,” one Kenyan opined on X.
“Saturn saying the Lord’s Prayer, who’s fooling who?” another one said.
In a quick rejoinder, the MP asked Kenyans not to misinterpret her prayer, particularly the social media regulation part, revealing that she did not intend to condemn platforms.
