{"id":70898,"date":"2024-07-27T12:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/catholic-bishops-disaffiliate-with-petition-to-remove-ruto-from-office\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:09:52","slug":"catholic-bishops-disaffiliate-with-petition-to-remove-ruto-from-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/catholic-bishops-disaffiliate-with-petition-to-remove-ruto-from-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Bishops disaffiliate with petition to remove Ruto from office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has dissassociated itself from a petition to remove President William Ruto from office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KCCB Chairperson Bishop Maurice Muhatia stated the position on Saturday in response to a petition filed on Thursday, which listed the Conference as an interested party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe KCCB is commitment to deepening democracy through inclusive dialogue and multi-stakeholder engagement to address the current crisis confronting our nation. We therefore disassociate with the petition currently in high court to remove the president in office,\u201d Bishop Muhatia stated. <\/p>\n<p>In its communique issued at the installation of Peter Makau as the Bishop Coadjutor of Isiolo, KCCB instead urged the youth to engage the government in structured dialogue to resolve grievances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to the youths to embrace structured dialogue in order for their concerns to [be] taken into consideration by relevant authorities,\u201d Bishop Muhatia appealed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Urgent reforms <\/h2>\n<p>KCCB reiterated its support for anti-graft efforts urging a coordinated response to tame the vice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption continues to deny Kenyans essential services and must therefore be eradicated at all levels,\u201d Muhatia stated.<\/p>\n<p>In apparent reference to President Ruto\u2019s decision to nominate four ranking members of the opposition ODM party in Cabinet, KCCB asserted that the dialogue should be devoid of sharing of positions.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference acknowledged the need to addresss concerns raised by Gen Z protestors and said government must not ignore their voices.<\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto had on July 9 announced a six-day multi-sectoral convention aimed at addressing the issues raised by the youths in response to protests initiialy sparked by the Finance Bill 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The forum he said was to include 150 members, with 50 youths and 100 representatives from religious institutions, civil society, professional organizations, political parties, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors however rejected the call for dialogue support by ODM leader Raila Odinga. They maintained that the protest clearly articulated their demands.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 \u2014 The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has dissassociated itself from a petition to remove President William Ruto from office. KCCB Chairperson Bishop Maurice Muhatia stated the position on Saturday in response to a petition filed on Thursday, which listed the Conference as an interested party. \u201cThe KCCB is commitment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}