The
Papal caravan is already in town. The tone is set for the first ever visit on
African soil by Pope Francis, and honorably so, he is setting foot in Nairobi.
Just as all Catholics, I am excited by the visit of the Holy Father. A fresh
Godly air is already breezing all over Kenya and yes, expectations are high.
But is the Pontiff God-sent to our nation? From all ways you look at it, Yes he
is God-send. Our beloved nation is afflicted and bleeding. It needs divine
intervention, away from the sideshows of businessmen and women disguised as
pastors!
The
entire Kenyan space has been stinking for some time now. Corruption has broken
our backs and it is the evil game that we all proudly play.
Ethnic bile oozes freely out of our loose cannons masquerading as politicians.
Religious charlatans dressed in Pastoral skins fleece Kenyans right, left and
centre. The word of God is now the most lucrative and well-paying career; ask
pastors for they have reaped guzzlers and mansionettes from the pockets of
religiously excited Kenyans. Since the 2007-08 post-poll bloodbath, the victims
are a forgotten lot, the issue has been about how to save the suspects from the
noose of justice at The Hague! Consequently, the souls of those butchered in
the violence no longer rest in peace for justice shunned them! Our county
governments are buying wheelbarrow worth Sh 100,000, opening Facebook accounts
worth Sh 1 Million and installing ordinary metallic gates worth Sh 7Million! We
need prayers, Holy Father, please pray for us.
Led
by our charming and friendly President His Excellence President Uhuru Kenyatta,
we have tried to sanctify our air just to receive you! We sound like the sober
nation now, but we are not. We are intoxicated from all sorts of stenchy evils
and bad mannerisms! For some days, we have chosen to hide them and put on a
brave charming face, one that purports to direly seek to know Jesus Christ! But
as soon as you leave on Friday, we will be back to our old selves; corrupt,
full of ethnic hatred, cheap and dangerous politics and what we do best;
destroying this great nation we inherited from our founding fathers!
Just
as in the Bible where afflicted people cried out to Jesus when they saw him
pass or attended His numerous sermons, Kenya has a chance to heal too. The Holy
Father, from the Jesuit Congregation carries with him blessings and divine
intervention from God Almighty, and contrary to what our pastors do, he charges
no penny for blessing humanity. “Freely you are given, and so should you freely
give”. Let us go to God in utter humility and supplication, and both Catholics
and all non-Catholics, to attend the Thursday mass to be held at University of
Nairobi.
As
a nation, the chance is here and through the Holy Father, God will surely take
out of the woods that have blighted our statehood, nationhood and development
as Kenya! Let us take the chance and led by the humble priest from Buenos
Aires, cry out to God. He is a listening and forgiving God, one who loves His
children and fulfils His promises.
May
the Holy Father enjoy his three-day stay in Kenya and lead us closer to God. He
could not have come at a better time than this!
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