Kenya Kwanza Alliance presidential candidate Deputy president William Ruto has urged Kenyans to embrace peace as they vote during the Tuesday’s election.
Speaking during a Sunday church service in Kayole, Nairobi, Ruto stated that God has a pattern of rewarding those who endeavor to promote peace.
“I remind all Kenyans to remember the words of Mathew 5:9 which says blessed are the peace makers because they will be called children of God,” Ruto said.
He was accompanied by Nairobi senator and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja, Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi, and other leaders.
“Each one of us, each Kenyan wherever you are, whatever you do, be a peace maker. It is a qualification to become a son and a daughter of God,” Ruto said.
Azimio-One Kenya Coalition Presidential candidate Raila Odinga also shared the same sentiments of peace noting that no life should be lost during or after elections.
Raila made the call for national unity and peaceful elections today when he and his running mate Marth Karua attended pre-election prayers at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.
“We feel very privileged to participate in this special prayer. We want a peaceful country where no life should be lost. We want to see this country united. You’re a Kenyan first before you become a member of your ethnic community,” Odinga said.
As they knelt before the alter, Raila and Karua were prayed for one by one.
“I Raila Amolo Odinga son of the late Jaramagi Oginga Odinga and mama Mary Eva Odinga hereby take this opportunity to dedicate this nation, Kenya to you Almighty God of all creation in the name of the father, son and the Holy Spirit,” Raila prayed.