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Glory Outreach Assembly Church Bishop David Thagana now says he will continue collecting tithes and donations from politicians irrespective of the ongoing political talk in the country.

Thagana said the church should not be condemned for collecting money from rogue and corrupt politicians arguing that the church has no parameters of distinguishing between clean and corrupted money.

“We will continue to collect money from politicians and every other person who is interested in building the kingdom of God in one way or another.

“We have nothing as churches to determine whether what we receive from persons of goodwill is corrupt or clean. We will therefore continue receiving the tithes,” he said.

He stated that being an electioneering period, it would be impossible to distinguish between truth and self-created propaganda disseminated to the public for political reasons.

“If we get to a point of knowing that certain monies are from proceeds of corruption, for sure we cannot accept that, but for now we cannot tell because as a church, we receive and embrace all kinds of people including businesspersons,” he said.

The bishop, who is also the Federation of Evangelical and Indigenous Christian Churches of Kenya (FEICCK) Secretary General, at the same time urged politicians to tell the public the truth and be honest to avoid triggering infights among the public.

The bishop spoke a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta condemned church leaders who welcome proceeds of corruption from politicians.

In his Sagana State Lodge speech, the Head of State said some church leaders have been compromised by huge donations by corrupt leaders claiming that some of the money already shared to churches was meant to build dams in Elgeyo Marakwet to quench the thirst of locals.