Anglian archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit narrated how his Gen Z boy left him in a car to join his age mates in demons against punitive Financial Bill 2024.
The archbishop spoke in Nyahururu where he had gone for the consecration and Enthronement of Rev. Maj. Samson Mburu Gachathi as the 3rd Bishop of ACK Nyahururu Diocese.
“I was shocked on Thursday when I was in Narok, I went to vaccinate my animals and we came and found the young people demonstrating and I had one of my sons in my car,” he narrated.
There has been a hue and cry over the passing of the Financial Bill 2024 owing to its draconian nature, and the ripple effects it’s going to mete on Kenya’s economy. The Gen Z (typically youth born from 1996-2005) age have come out full throttle to tell Ruto on the face that they are not bowed by his office.
The prelate urged the government to consider toning down on how they face off with protesters.
“They are our children, they are in our homes. Let us journey together and seek solutions that affect Kenyans and fix them because we lovingly have the capacity,” he said.
Sapit said that despite what is going on, the protesting Gen Z are still their children and excessive force should not be used on them.
He also urged the youths not to be lawless as they protest but to remain civil.
“I want to encourage that even in what is going on, those are children from our families. Let us not use any excessive force but we also urge them not to be lawless and destroy or maim or kill. Let us be civil,” Sapit said.
He called on President Ruto and the entire leadership of Kenya to focus more on listening and reaching out to one another to solve the contentious issues.
“To your excellency and the leadership of this country, this is a discerning moment. Not so much talking but I think listening to one another and reaching out to one another. Let us embrace the spirit of listening more than talking.”
