Prophet David Owuor of
Repentance and Holiness church today got seven of the eight candidates
currently in the running to be Kenya’s next President to promise to play their
part in ensuring that the country has a peaceful and fair election.
The candidates who participated in the peace and repentance
rally at Uhuru Park earlier today also agreed to concede defeat should they not
win in the March 4th elections or a subsequent runoff.
Those who participated in the rally included CORD’s Raila
Odinga, Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Narc-Kenya’s Martha Karua, Restore and Build
Kenya candidate James Ole Kiyiapi, the Eagle Alliance Peter Kenneth and
Alliance for Real Change (ARK) flag bearer Abduba Dida. The only candidate that
was missing was the Amani coalition’s Musalia Mudavadi.
Dida, whose penchant for unorthodox reasoning has earned him more than a few supporters, asked his fellow leaders to repent for their past sin against the people of Kenya;
“If you have grabbed someone’s land, please return it to the owner and ask God for forgiveness,” he said.
Kenneth meanwhile asked the leaders not to try and divide Kenyans;
“Kenyans are a peaceful people and no leader should ever again divide Kenyans on the basis of tribe, ethnicity, race or creed,” he said.
Owuor for his part said that he was glad that the leaders had heeded the call for a peace and repentance rally;
“Kenya is being born again. There will be no violence. I now decree that Kenya is a peaceful country and a repentant nation,” said Owuor.