July 2013 - Wa Angalican

Attempts by Governor Dr Evans Kidero to stop prominent Luos from being sacked appears Great!
Dr Kidero is quoted saying, “Each of us hails from a specific region and it would be wrong for me to sit back and watch while professionals from my region are mistreated.”

Dr Evans Kidero

From the event recently One cannot but conclude that there is a concerted effort to bump out Luos from their perch in public service, because of their tribe and not due to their performance. The Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero of CORD has reportedly pleaded the case for two top appointments and advised against perceived hounding of professionals from Luo Nyanza.
Fred Rabong’o from South Nyanza was degazetted as NSSF board member under unclear circumstances.
Only last week, Kidero had to make frantic efforts to reach President Uhuru Kenyatta on short notice after reports that embattled National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Trustee Tom Odongo had been sacked. Sorry, Tom remain sacked pending court decision.
Soon after, the city boss was also pulling strings to preserve the tenure of National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation managing director Petronilla Ogut, whom the board of directors wanted shown the door. With regard to Ms Ogut, highly-placed sources indicate that through Kidero’s intervention, she got a six-month reprieve.
Dr Kidero do not bother to intervene for any other Luo. These people should not remain in office one day because of political favours. Actually let the Jubilee government relieve them ALL from their positions it they so wish. Marislav Volf rightly observes that; ” Symbolic exclusion is often a distortion of the other, not simply ignorance about the other; it is a willful misconstruction, not mere failure of knowledge. We demonize and bestialize not because we do not know better, but because we refuse to know what is manifest and choose to know what serves our interests.”
The government has made a statement that is very clear for all to see. This exclusion will sure galvanise a Luo response in Kenya. The commission for national Cohesion and integration should act with the same speed they respond to hate speech for this is within their domain!

Lets remember that during his swearing in, President Uhuru Kenyatta made it clear that, “Achieving peace and strengthening unity will be the goal of my Government…”
And expressing the urgency of this task he said ;’This work begins now. We welcome all Kenyans to hold us to account.’
He lined out his position on how to build this unity this unity:
” Indeed, national unity will only be possible if we deal decisively with some of the issues that continue to hinder our progress. …It will be confirmed when the rights of all citizens are protected through legislation that upholds the spirit of our constitution.”

This very pledge is now in DOUBT. The government has respond to this question :Are Luos Kenyans ?

Canon Francis Omondi
Anglican Church of Kenya
All Saints Cathedral Diocese

Don’t Intervene, Governor; Let the Luos face the fire!

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On July 30, 2013

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Attempts by Governor Dr Evans Kidero to stop prominent Luos from being sacked appears Great!
Dr Kidero is quoted saying, “Each of us hails from a specific region and it would be wrong for me to sit back and watch while professionals from my region are mistreated.”

Dr Evans Kidero

From the event recently One cannot but conclude that there is a concerted effort to bump out Luos from their perch in public service, because of their tribe and not due to their performance. The Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero of CORD has reportedly pleaded the case for two top appointments and advised against perceived hounding of professionals from Luo Nyanza.
Fred Rabong’o from South Nyanza was degazetted as NSSF board member under unclear circumstances.
Only last week, Kidero had to make frantic efforts to reach President Uhuru Kenyatta on short notice after reports that embattled National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Trustee Tom Odongo had been sacked. Sorry, Tom remain sacked pending court decision.
Soon after, the city boss was also pulling strings to preserve the tenure of National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation managing director Petronilla Ogut, whom the board of directors wanted shown the door. With regard to Ms Ogut, highly-placed sources indicate that through Kidero’s intervention, she got a six-month reprieve.
Dr Kidero do not bother to intervene for any other Luo. These people should not remain in office one day because of political favours. Actually let the Jubilee government relieve them ALL from their positions it they so wish. Marislav Volf rightly observes that; ” Symbolic exclusion is often a distortion of the other, not simply ignorance about the other; it is a willful misconstruction, not mere failure of knowledge. We demonize and bestialize not because we do not know better, but because we refuse to know what is manifest and choose to know what serves our interests.”
The government has made a statement that is very clear for all to see. This exclusion will sure galvanise a Luo response in Kenya. The commission for national Cohesion and integration should act with the same speed they respond to hate speech for this is within their domain!

Lets remember that during his swearing in, President Uhuru Kenyatta made it clear that, “Achieving peace and strengthening unity will be the goal of my Government…”
And expressing the urgency of this task he said ;’This work begins now. We welcome all Kenyans to hold us to account.’
He lined out his position on how to build this unity this unity:
” Indeed, national unity will only be possible if we deal decisively with some of the issues that continue to hinder our progress. …It will be confirmed when the rights of all citizens are protected through legislation that upholds the spirit of our constitution.”

This very pledge is now in DOUBT. The government has respond to this question :Are Luos Kenyans ?

Canon Francis Omondi
Anglican Church of Kenya
All Saints Cathedral Diocese

They will be remembered!

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On July 1, 2013

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“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.” (Psalm 44:22)

Today, 1 July, is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburgh, the turning point of the American Civil War, but a battle involving the largest number of casualities in the entire war.
On this day, we also pause to remember our brethren slaughtered by suspected al- shabaab terrorists in Garissa Town:
The masked attackers threw grenades into the Catholic Church compound. The explosion injured several people.
There was a further shock at what happened at the AIC Garissa church. Three masked men stormed into the church compound through the gate, with one going straight to the main church door where he detonated a hand grenade on worshipers. The other two, in a surprise ambush, shot dead the police guards who were on duty that day. They then rained bullets on fleeing worshippers, using police guns. Many of those who could not run tried to find safety in the church. There too they were shot ! This incident left 17 people dead and 65 people injured.

Today on the anniversary of this terrible atrocity we remember the 13 killed during worship at the AIC church: Edith Kaindi, Mbaluka Faith, Syombua Mwaniki, Irene Anyango Oula, Ivon Ngina ,Joel Musyoka, Mary Musila Muthami Katula, Nzangi Makau, Ruth Mbesa Mailu, Tabitha Kiwanzi, Mary Ivon (a child), Mwikali Makau, (a child).

AIC Garissa

What enable us to face such difficulty and transform us to be a faithful witnesses of God’s grace?
As attacks targeting Christians continue in this entire region, our departed loved ones and friends continue to inspire courage in us to stand firm! The words of the Psalmist (Ps 44:22) have also touched me on this Memorial Day.
“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long…” Yes, we are continually or constantly being subjected to these calamities. It is not a single incident; it is a continued slaughter. In this verse we can sense the apprehension of the Psalmist. The true cause of the calamities which had come upon them was “for thy sake.” in other words, “on thy account; it is in thy cause; it is because we are your friends, and because we worship you…” The attack on us here is not on account of our sins; it is not because there is any prevalent idolatry, but it is because we are the worshippers of the true God, and we are, therefore, martyrs. All these calamities have come upon us in consequence of our attachment to you.

This passage is from Psalm 44 is applied by the apostle Paul to Christians in his time, as fitly describing their sufferings, and the cause of the calamities which came upon them in Romans 8:36.

How then do we view death and tragedy of this magnitude?
Every time Christians suffer, we see in them the truth that Christ suffers too. Their blood is his own. Their tears are his very own. It is into this fellowship that we are invited to share.

Tohito Kagawa, a Japanese theologian, offers this reflection on death in his book Meditation. He says:

“I do not deny the eventuality of death, death lies sternly upon my course, nevertheless I believe that Love [the love of God] has far greater power than death. ‘death is swallowed up in love …’
Love is stronger than death, love’s glory tramples even death under feet, I am thinking that death is transformed through love. Death is an aspect of change, while love is the substance that persists through all changes.”

What happens to us is not FINAL, however grievous it appears now. The harm caused through pain has no final word on us. The pain we face today has boundaries. God watches and will help us through this if we trust him through our ordeal. In fact, the challenge of death is contained in the statement that Christ has the final say over the second death. There is a greater boundary that these things cannot break and that is the second boundary of God’s grace.

Here are some famous words found written on a scrap of paper beside the body of a dead child at the Ravensbrück concentration camp:

“Lord, remember not only the men and women of goodwill, but also those of ill will. Do not remember all the sufferings they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we bear, thanks to this suffering – our comradeship, our loyalty, our humanity, courage, generosity, the greatness of heart that has grown out of all this. And when they come to judgment, let all the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness.”

Canon Francis Omondi
Anglican Church of Kenya,
All saints cathedral diocese .

Month: July 2013

Don’t Intervene, Governor; Let the Luos face the fire!

Don’t Intervene, Governor; Let the Luos face the fire!

They will be remembered!