The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya Jackson Ole Sapit has directed the Bungoma bishop who accepted President Ruto’s Ksh 5 million donation to return the money.
According to Ole Sapit, the donation made by Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka on behalf of the Head of State was an attempt to shame the Anglican Church.
The archbishop moreover termed the move as unfortunate adding that the Anglican church would not accept donations whose sources were unknown.
“What happened in Bungoma was unfortunate because it was like a display of trying to see what the Anglican church will do following the recent decision by the Catholics,” the archbishop said.
Ole Sapit has urged Kenyans to shun the culture of celebrating corrupt politicians moreover calling on Kenyans to reject any donations by politicians and their appointees alleging that most of the money that was being donated by the political leaders was from stolen taxes.
“I want to encourage all of us, as Kenyans, to reject contributions by politician leaders and their appointees knowing that most of the money given was from stolen taxes. We must stop celebrating whenever the president, governors, MPs, and other political leaders donate money whose source was not clear,” the archbishop noted.
On Sunday, December 1 the head of state donated Ksh 5 million to Crispinus Anglican Church in Bungoma sparking debate about the continuous donations by politicians to churches.
The money was handed to the church by Governor Lusaka who urged the church to accept the money saying there was nothing inappropriate about leaders supporting the work of the Church.
“There is nothing wrong with leaders donating money for God’s work. I hope the money won’t be returned to me,” Governor Lusaka.
