After carefully reading
and considering the communication and guidelines issued by the interfaith
committee, l realize there are some areas of concern that needs to be addressed.
Looking at a limit of
100 worshipers leaves so much to think about, it is of importance to note that
the members we have in our Churches are the very ones who for six days are
meeting in Matatus, markets, supermarkets, at the estates and other places, can
someone explain why he or she believes that the risk is higher when they come
to church than when they are elsewhere?
Why is it that
everywhere else the capacity is determined by social distance apart from the
Church? what informs the one hour time limit for our services yet elsewhere
they are there for the whole day?
think of people
travelling in a tiny shuttle for eight hours but in Church it must be one
hurried hour, it makes one to wonder if the covid19 virus is anti-Church or it
is some people using it to fight the Church in Kenya?
Can someone come out
clear and tell Kenyans that the Church is no longer needed in this country
instead of hiding behind covid19? This may not be new because the Church in
this country has gone through a rough time in the hands of this government for
the last seven years, If we are not careful the wrath of God will fall heavy on
this country, let's respect God and His Church, anybody dealing with or talking
about the Church must exercise a lot of care and humility, most of us have a
strong feeling that it may be an extension of what we have been fighting all
along.
The age rule is another
issue, the 58 years old also for six days mingle in Matatus, bars, supermarkets,
markets, restaurants and elsewhere but when it comes to Church a problem, it is
clear the Church is under attack from unseen forces in this country but God
will have the final say, He never loses any battle.
While His excellency the
President mean well for this country, the advisors are miss advising the
government and particularly on matters place of worship or they have no idea
what they are advising about, they cannot advice on what they don’t know, they
must consult widely.
Kenya has several Church
and Clergy Umbrella bodies and they are not well represented in the interfaith
council, the government gave the council the liberty to expand the team which
they have refused to use to accommodate the rest so that we can have a balanced
team that everyone can believe in, the team needs to understand that the
government has given them the mandate on Church reopening and the tasks is
now squarely in their power and they cannot blame the government any more.
Most of us honestly have
no trust in the team as constituted, we realize some of them have no interest
in reopening the place of worship as seen by the letters signed by them to
their Churches, how do we expect them to be fair?
l think the honorable
thing they can do is to resign from those positions and allow those who have a
burden of reopening places of worship to take their place and develop practical
rules, otherwise for them to remain on the committee brings in the question of
conflict of interest and they may not represent us well.
This is the time this
country needs God more than ever before and what is happening is not good, if
we treat the Church abnormally, God will treat this country abnormally, l hope
things will change for good, am
praying that God will come through for this country. l also pray for those
affected for speedy recovery and those who may have lost their loved ones to
this virus,be comforted and may God strengthen you.
Bishop Hudson Ndeda.
CAK EXCECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEMBER.
email:hudsndeda@gmail.com.
