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Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has urged for dialogue to be given a chance to end the nationwide demonstrations against Finance Bill 2024.

The demonstration, which was highly organized on Tuesday and Thursday in major towns, was attended mostly by the young generation, and Sapit now wants an end to the chaos.

While addressing the church congregants in Nyahururu, where President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua are in attendance, the bishop emphasized the importance of listening to everyone.

“Let us embrace the spirit of listening more than talking. Our young generation, the Gen Zs, the church is yours, the nation is yours, and our families are your families. We thank you for being our children, but we are also in a nation called Kenya, which belongs to all of us,” Ole Sapit said on Sunday, June 23, 2024. 

“Let us all share by listening to one another, and we do say we want to listen to you. To all of us, what is happening is something unexpected and extraordinary.”

Ole Sapit on Gen Zs

The church leader stated that the demonstrating young people are not enemies of the state but the children of the nation, and thus their grievances ought to be heard.

“The Gen Zs have no tribe, no religion, no class, but they are our children. They are not enemies of the nation; they are our children. We love you, and we welcome you. We want to discern what you are saying, and we pray that the Lord will give us a moment of listening to one another and understanding,” he added.

“So, to you, the excellency and the leadership of this country, this is a discerning moment – not so much talking, but I think listening to one another and reaching out to one another.”

Ole Sapit also asked the police not to use brutal force while dealing with the demonstrators. The law enforcement unit has been immensely criticized for the manner in which they tackled the protestors.

“I want to encourage that even in what is going on, those are children from our families. Let us not use excessive force, but we also urge them not to be lawless and destroy, maim, or kill,” he said.

“Let us be civil to each and every one of us. Let us journey together to seek solutions to what is affecting Kenya because we have the capacity. Let us do it in a loving way.”

More demonstrations have been lined up for Tuesday and Thursday when the Finance Bill 2024 will be again debated in the National Assembly.

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