Kenya: Bishop Urges Government to Speed Up War On Ethnic Hatred, Impunity

Siaya — Bishop Joseph Wasonga of the Anglican Diocese of Maseno West has called upon the government to strengthen the fight against impunity, land grabbing and ethnic hatred, warning it threatens to tear apart the country if not addressed urgently.

Speaking when he lead a joint service on Sunday January 17, at St Peter's Cathedral, Siaya town the prelate said unless Kenyans tamed their obsession with past ills, which he said are being used by "retrogressive and unpatriotic leaders" to sow seeds of hatred among communities, the healing necessary for advancing as a nation would not be achieved.

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