For more than twenty years now, Kenyans have craved for and even shed blood in their search for a new constitution. As such, failure by leaders to give Kenyans an acceptable constitution will be the greatest betrayal against the people of this Our nation is at a make-or-break point. The decisions we make regarding the draft constitution will have an impact for centuries to come. Focus should therefore not be on the transient concerns, but on posterity.
The draft has some contentious issues despite which Parliament passed the document without taking into account the consequences. There are conflicting views on the draft that are coming from church leaders on the one hand and politicians on the other, leaving Kenyans confused, especially because most have not seen it leave alone read it.
Catholics have stuck to their position of 'No' to the draft while other mainstream denominations have remained cautious saying they will conduct civic education among their flock before taking a stand. Head of Catholic Church in Kenya , John Cardinal Njue, insisted they would not retract their rejection of Kadhis Courts in the new law as well as provisions in the Bill of Rights.
And speaking at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi on Sunday, Anglican Church in Kenya Head, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala warned: "It is naive to assume that because the document has been passed by Parliament Kenyans will endorse it." The archbishop urged Kenyans not get carried away by the debate.
Chief Kadhi Sheikh Hammad Kassim called on sections of church leaders to stop misleading Kenyans on the constitution. Hammad said some of the clerics have been misquoting the proposed constitution thereby misleading their followers to vote against it. He cited the abortion clause, which he said had been misinterpreted by church leaders.
In the light of these remarks by some of the church leaders, the question is: “should we follow what our leaders are telling us or should one read and understand the draft and make a wise decision come the referendum day?”
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