Reverend Timothy Njoya has his out at members of the clergy in Kenya accusing them of selling out their congregants to politicians for material wealth. 

Rev Njoya is a well known and celebrated clergyman who was vocal and played a key role in Kenya’s fight for justice, multi-party democracy and social welfare development in the early 1990s. 

"Instead of the church protecting congregants, it is selling them to thieves." Rev. Njoya said in an interview on NTV about politicians running to churches ahead of the 2022 general election. 


The clergyman noted that the position of the church and its voice had softened over years and majority of the clergy have abandoned their societal role and become vulnerable to the state. 

He bashed Churches for being bought by politicians and clergymen for not protecting congregants and instead dancing to the cash tunes of leading political figures. 

“The church has become subservient. It is very diabolical for someone to go to Church to buy the church. The church is bought as goods, instead of protecting congregants,” he added. 

“And worst of all it is selling congregants to thieves.” 

“Thieves will buy votes and steal them. Thieves will steal money. Thieves will steal land. Thieves have no moral efficacy.” 


Rev Njoya felt that politicians started trooping to church with their offerings immediately they realized they are treated as better beings than other congregants and that needed to change. 

“Spiritualism and capitalism are being married by the clergy. Because they are looking at material welfare rather than the political social and moral welfare of the country.”


This comes as Deputy President William Ruto has been traversing the country giving generous donations to various churches, with questions being raised, including by other politicians, on the source of the funds, even as he has strongly defended his actions.