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Archbishop Anthony Muheria has asked President William Ruto to listen to the plight of Kenyans.

Speaking during Citizen TV’s JKL live show on Sunday, July 16, 2023, Muheria opined that Ruto’s administration should shelve its ‘ignorance’ and address concerns raised by citizens.

He also noted that the ruling administration should find a structured way of governance that tends to the plight of Kenyans and that public participation in crucial matters should actually involve citizens.

“We must touch the ground, we must know how people on the ground feel. That’s why we ask the government to listen to the plight of Kenyans. The silence, the ignorance…we need a structured way of governance, we need people to be accountable and have a jurisdiction that has limits. Public participation must actually be public participation,” he stated.

Muheria also took issue with Ruto’s leadership describing it as arrogant, insulting and imposing.

The man of the cloth underscored that the President needs to be humane, empathetic, and compassionate when discharging his mandated roles.

“Leadership needs to be humane, empathetic, compassionate. Currently, the leader is rough, insulting, arrogant and imposing. We are going into a very wrong leadership, which is why religious leaders want to talk,” he stated.

The archbishop further called on leaders in the current administration to have a discussion with members of the clergy on how to effectively handle political differences and how to better governance in the country.

“We need to sit down and discuss models on how we can better our governance. We need to talk about how we lead,” he stated.

In the same breath, Muheria called out police for using excessive force on unarmed civilians during demonstrations.

He subsequently urged officers to be humane whenever discharging their mandated roles.

“The police must learn to be very humane. It’s not acceptable to use live bullets even in these circumstances. We cannot condone the use of live ammunition and brutality of police even with people who are doing ill,” he stated.