Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has asked church leaders to sit with President Uhuru Kenyatta over his recent public outbursts of anger.
He said the clergy should dialogue and pray with the President to establish the root cause of his rage as exhibited lately.
Uhuru is on the spot following his perceived unkind words to Governors (Turkana) and (Mombasa).
At the devolution conference in Naivasha on Tuesday last week, he also warned striking doctors over their hard stance on calls for implementation of the 2013 CBA.
Kingi, in a press conference at his office on Tuesday, condemned the latest incident where Joho was barred from attending Uhuru's function.
Presidential guards on Monday blocked Joho from getting to Mtongwe crossing channel where the President relaunched ferry services.
"Religious leaders should have a dialogue with the president to establish where the problem is coming from," Kingi said.
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"The President's office is the only one that unites Kenyans. When he starts to throw insults at people, he is scaring them," he said.
Kingi urged Uhuru to respect the presidency for others to accord him the same, citing that the latest outbursts are not presidential.
"As leaders, we will continue to respect the office but the occupier should lead the way," the governor said.
Kingi said the words such as 'nitawaonyesha' (I will show them) is not in sync with the expectations of a president.
He added that Joho had no personal or political reason when he sought to attend the Monday function.
The governor further faulted the President for mixing state functions with those of the Jubilee Party.
"What happened to Joho could not have been so if he was in the Jubilee Party," Kingi said.
He asked the national government to conduct its county programmes in line with the Intergovernmental Relations Act.
"We feel that the president is being misled by a few individuals who are not conversant with the constitution," Kingi added.
Sometimes, we are unable to attend the President’s functions because we do not know if he has come for politics or as the President, he said.
