Mudavadi urges clergy to guide youth amid rising global risks and moral challenges
By Faith Lagat, November 13, 2025Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has called on religious leaders to intensify their role in guiding Kenyan youth amid escalating global risks and moral challenges.
Speaking during a meeting with clerics from the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya, on November 13, 2025, Mudavadi emphasised the critical responsibility of faith leaders in shaping a morally upright society.
“To build and sustain a just, virtuous, and morally upright nation, we must stand together in shaping a society grounded in faith, integrity, and shared values,” Mudavadi stated. “Our religious leaders hold a unique and powerful responsibility to use the pulpits, mosques, temples, and other places of worship to speak a word of truth, hope, and transformation.”
The meeting, held with clerics led by Bishop Geoffrey Njuguna of Deliverance Church International, Lang’ata, and SUPKEM Chairman @OleNaado, focused on the urgent need to redirect the nation’s youth.
“During a meeting with clerics from the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya, led by Bishop Geoffrey Njuguna of Deliverance Church International, Lang’ata, and SUPKEM Chairman @OleNaado, I called upon faith leaders to use their influence to guide the nation, especially the youth, toward rediscovering their moral compass and purpose,” Mudavadi posted on X.
Global threats to youth
Mudavadi highlighted alarming global threats targeting young Kenyans, sharing the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs’ media engagement document with the clergy.
“I also shared with the clergy the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs’ media engagement document, which sheds light on growing global risks facing young Kenyans. Many have been lured into deceptive online ventures, ranging from internet fraud, illegal cryptocurrency trading, and forced labour to human trafficking, organ harvesting, money laundering, and other dangerous activities that endanger their lives and threaten national and global security,” he noted.
He expressed deep concern over the plight of young Kenyan women in the Middle East who have given birth out of wedlock.
“Equally concerning are cases of young women giving birth out of wedlock in parts of the Middle East, where strict religious laws have compelled the government to conduct over 700 DNA tests and facilitate deportations of mothers and their infants. These are heartbreaking realities that call for stronger moral guidance at home and abroad.”
Promoting values and intergenerational respect
Mudavadi urged religious leaders to actively use their institutions to cultivate a God-fearing nation, emphasizing the importance of moral guidance and intergenerational respect.
“I urged the clergy to use their institutions to nurture a God-fearing nation, one where the young respect their parents and elders, and the elders, in turn, mentor and guide the next generation with wisdom and compassion.”
He further highlighted the role of faith-based mentorship in shaping responsible, values-driven citizens and ensuring that young people develop a strong sense of purpose and integrity. The clerics, in response, pledged to collaborate with the government in this effort.