Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria is now calling for a humane and compassionate way of handling tension between the government and the opposition in the wake of opposition protests.
Speaking in an interview with a local media ,the Nyeri Archbishop described President William Ruto’s leadership style as ‘imposing and arrogant’ even as he urged him to climb down and listen to Kenyans.
“Leadership needs to be humane, empathetic, compassionate. Currently, the leader is rough, insulting, arrogant and imposing. We are going in a very wrong direction, which is why religious leaders want to talk,” he said.
According to the archbishop, there is a need for the Kenya Kwanza administration to engage with members of the clergy for discussion on how to set a good leadership tone devoid of threats and supremacy battles.
“We want to talk about the leadership style, supporting your agenda, but also that we are one family and even though we think differently, we can sit down. A family’s feuds are not solved by violence, hatred and insults,” Muheria noted.
“We sit, chat, talk to one another with true listening, and then we concede and find a compromise. Sometimes we may not agree, but we don’t let that build bad manners,” he added.
Muheria’s remarks come at a time when both camps have maintained tough stances ahead of this week’s three-day protests with the government having moved to ban the demonstrations.