President William Ruto (right) and ACK Archbishop display a t-shirt after a meeting at State Hosue on March 16, 2023.
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The Anglican Church of Kenya led by Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit on Wednesday, May 10, castigated President William Ruto over what they termed as tribal appointments to State Corporations.
Bishop Ole Sapit raised concerns that the Kenya Kwanza administration was engaged in a flagrant violation of the Constitution that demands for diversity in State appointments.
The Anglican Church of Kenya head claimed that President Ruto was encouraging tribalism and cronyism by taking part in obviously skewed appointments.
“There is glaring tribalism and cronyism, particularly with regard to public appointments.”
A group of Anglican Church of Kenyan Bishops at a Press Conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
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“There is an apparent lack of accountability and transparency in our institutions," Anglican Bishops stated.
Anglican Bishops further observed that Ruto risked alienating and losing other communities' support by focusing on one or two tribes when it came to public appointments.
“Let all institutions and government agencies be impartial and efficient, and not simply beholden to political influence, but serve all Kenyans with impartiality,” they advised.
Archbishop Ole Sapit noted that President Ruto should lead from the front in eliminating tribalism that had for years eroded Kenya's communal and national fabrics.
The clergymen also argued that the skewed appointments could breed disquiet among communities, and may later lead to tribal fights and tensions.
Anglican Church observed that Kenya was still at a cross-roads, and should ensure that the country is well indoctrinated into nationhood rather than glaring tribal activities.
Ole Sapit stated that no tribe in Kenya is great than another, as such, all tribes should be given equal chances when it comes to public appointments.
“We see that the government is walking the slippery path by slackening in the fight against corruption. To our dismay, impunity in the management of public resources and public affairs is becoming the order of the day,” Bishop Ole Sapit stated.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Azimio la Umoja Leader Raila Odinga call out President Ruto and his Depty Rigathi Gachagua for dishing out state jobs to their communal cronies.
Raila noted that the one-sided appointment could easily balkanise the country into tribal cocoons which are unproductive.
“We have seen Mr Ruto and his deputy handing their respective communities more than five cabinet slots each while others have none and yet they claim to be uniting the country,’’ Raila stated.
Kenyans on social media had for weeks criticised President Ruto for rewarding kinsmen with plum jobs, sidelining other communities in an ethnically diverse society.
President William Ruto (right) and ACK Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit shake hands after a meeting at State House on March 16, 2023.
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