CLERGYMEN DISMISS OPPONENTS OF NEW DRAFT LAW
Kanini Evans Kariuki
July 12, 2010
RESPECTED, TRANSPARENT AND FOCUSSED KENYAN CLERIC PASTOR DENNIS SHABANJA LEADS HIS FELLOW CHURCHMEN IN DRUMMING UP SUPPORT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW DRAFT LAW SAYING IT IS AN IDEAL DOCUMENT. READ ON BELOW..............
CLERGYMEN from the Alliance Baptist Church in the North Rift region of Kenya, have overwhelmingly supported the proposed draft constitution saying it would enhance peace, development and unity, besides ensuring equitable distribution of resources.
Led by pastor Dennis Shabanja, the churchmen dismissed opponents of the document charging that they were merely being driven by selfish and ulterior motives.
Shabanja who spoke on behalf of his colleagues during a media briefing, urged Kenyans to vote for the new draft law at the forthcoming referendum as it was an ideal document.
"The citizens of this country should totally ignore those inciting them to reject the proposed constitution on the grounds that it was riddled with flaws that require immediate rectification ," said pastor Shabanja.
The forthright and straight-forward cleric described opponents of the document as "economic saboteurs" who had acquired wealth and huge tracts of land in the past, through highly questionable and detestable transactions.
"That they can now vehemently reject a document that will enhance the noble tenets of accountability and transparency and strengthen the democratic institutions, is both unthinkable and understandable, in the sense that they are voicing their opposition due to the paranoia of being put on the spot at the enactment of the new law", charged a concerned Shabanja.
The document, he pointed out, should be embraced by all peace-loving and right-thinking Kenyans as it would positively shape the future of this country.
Shabanja urged Kenyans to conduct themselves peacefully during the referendum period and to shun egocentric politicians who were out to incite them.
He criticised some leaders who were going round preaching doom and claiming that there would be chaos and bloodshed should the document be adopted.
Shabanja, at the same time, laughed off allegations by pockets of a few well-to-do politicians that the new draft law was foreign-driven by outsiders who were seeking to introduce colonialism through the back door.
"They are being fictitious! Kenyans are not gullible to be hoodwinked into believing such baseless and misplaced falsehoods", Pastor Shabanja emphasised.
CLERGYMEN from the Alliance Baptist Church in the North Rift region of Kenya, have overwhelmingly supported the proposed draft constitution saying it would enhance peace, development and unity, besides ensuring equitable distribution of resources.
Led by pastor Dennis Shabanja, the churchmen dismissed opponents of the document charging that they were merely being driven by selfish and ulterior motives.
Shabanja who spoke on behalf of his colleagues during a media briefing, urged Kenyans to vote for the new draft law at the forthcoming referendum as it was an ideal document.
"The citizens of this country should totally ignore those inciting them to reject the proposed constitution on the grounds that it was riddled with flaws that require immediate rectification ," said pastor Shabanja.
The forthright and straight-forward cleric described opponents of the document as "economic saboteurs" who had acquired wealth and huge tracts of land in the past, through highly questionable and detestable transactions.
"That they can now vehemently reject a document that will enhance the noble tenets of accountability and transparency and strengthen the democratic institutions, is both unthinkable and understandable, in the sense that they are voicing their opposition due to the paranoia of being put on the spot at the enactment of the new law", charged a concerned Shabanja.
The document, he pointed out, should be embraced by all peace-loving and right-thinking Kenyans as it would positively shape the future of this country.
Shabanja urged Kenyans to conduct themselves peacefully during the referendum period and to shun egocentric politicians who were out to incite them.
He criticised some leaders who were going round preaching doom and claiming that there would be chaos and bloodshed should the document be adopted.
Shabanja, at the same time, laughed off allegations by pockets of a few well-to-do politicians that the new draft law was foreign-driven by outsiders who were seeking to introduce colonialism through the back door.
"They are being fictitious! Kenyans are not gullible to be hoodwinked into believing such baseless and misplaced falsehoods", Pastor Shabanja emphasised.
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