Kenyan bishops call on government to eliminate corruption
-03/05/06
Catholic Bishops in
Kenyan bishops call on government to eliminate corruption
-03/05/06
Catholic Bishops in Kenya have challenged President Mwai Kibaki to make concerted efforts to stamp out government corruption, reports Francis Njuguna on Independent Catholic News.
In a statement issued at the end of their plenary meeting at St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Langata, near Nairobi, on 28 April 2006, the 28 bishops described corruption as a ìmillstone around our necksî adding that ìit prevented urgent development and was eating away at the moral fibre of the nation.î
The Bishops urged Kenyan parents and society in general to teach children from an early age that stealing, deviousness and deceitfulness are wrong.
They declared: ìOur nation needs a governing authority to ensure that laws are obeyed, public order is maintained, human rights are respected, and peace, development and prosperity are ensured.î
While some individuals and decisions were meeting these criteria, they said, ìThe overwhelming impression is that our leaders in various categories have been overtaken by all forms of sleaze and deception.î
ìNew words have entered our vocabulary in Kenya such as ëgolden bergí and ëAnglo Leasingí,î which they pointed out meant ìgreed, theft, corruption and arrogance.î
ìOur legislators are among the most highly paid in the world for the service they are elected to give. It is difficult even to begin to understand the arrogance of demanding even more pay and allowances in a country that is racked with famine, disease and poverty,î the bishops concluded.
[Also on Ekklesia: Movie brings aid, politics and church growth to Kenya; Church acts to combat impact of Kenyan drought; Kenyan peacemakers in air crash tragedy; Opponent of Ugandan dictator wins world Methodist peace prize at Kenya Methodist University in Meru; Church representatives to visit Rwanda on 10th anniversary of genocide plus WCC pastoral visit to Kenya Aid agency launches emergency appeal for East Africa; Gordon Brown’s Africa debt action inspired by church;Christian-owned company produces cheap AIDS drugs in Kenya]
Kenyan bishops call on government to eliminate corruption
-03/05/06
Catholic Bishops in Kenya have challenged President Mwai Kibaki to make concerted efforts to stamp out government corruption, reports Francis Njuguna on Independent Catholic News.
In a statement issued at the end of their plenary meeting at St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Langata, near Nairobi, on 28 April 2006, the 28 bishops described corruption as a ìmillstone around our necksî adding that ìit prevented urgent development and was eating away at the moral fibre of the nation.î
The Bishops urged Kenyan parents and society in general to teach children from an early age that stealing, deviousness and deceitfulness are wrong.
They declared: ìOur nation needs a governing authority to ensure that laws are obeyed, public order is maintained, human rights are respected, and peace, development and prosperity are ensured.î
While some individuals and decisions were meeting these criteria, they said, ìThe overwhelming impression is that our leaders in various categories have been overtaken by all forms of sleaze and deception.î
ìNew words have entered our vocabulary in Kenya such as ëgolden bergí and ëAnglo Leasingí,î which they pointed out meant ìgreed, theft, corruption and arrogance.î
ìOur legislators are among the most highly paid in the world for the service they are elected to give. It is difficult even to begin to understand the arrogance of demanding even more pay and allowances in a country that is racked with famine, disease and poverty,î the bishops concluded.
[Also on Ekklesia: Movie brings aid, politics and church growth to Kenya; Church acts to combat impact of Kenyan drought; Kenyan peacemakers in air crash tragedy; Opponent of Ugandan dictator wins world Methodist peace prize at Kenya Methodist University in Meru; Church representatives to visit Rwanda on 10th anniversary of genocide plus WCC pastoral visit to Kenya Aid agency launches emergency appeal for East Africa; Gordon Brown’s Africa debt action inspired by church;Christian-owned company produces cheap AIDS drugs in Kenya]