Postpone homecoming parties and serve Kenyans first, cleric tells elected leaders

Politicians who won in the just concluded general election have been told to put their homecoming parties on hold and serve Kenyans.

Presbyterian Church of East Africa general assembly moderator Patrick Thegu said the parties can be held after five years, as there is a lot of work to be done.

He said five years is a very short time to deliver all the pledges made and so they should embark on implementing them as soon as possible.

Thegu spoke at PCEA Ngangarithi Church in Nyeri town on Sunday where Nyeri Town MP Maina Mathenge attended the service.

"They should settle down and work on ways of lowering the cost of living and the resolution of public debt, as Kenyans are expecting quick results from them," he said.

The cleric also told Kenyans to be patient but remind their leaders regularly that they are waiting for the fulfilment of their pledges.

“The contest was all about serving us as Kenyans and so we are waiting for you to work for us. The time for politicking is over and it is now time to implement the manifestos you were selling to us,” he said.

Mathenge concurred with the cleric saying election is over and it is important that all those who were elected work towards delivering their individual pledges and those of their party.

“It is important that all of us get to work and refrain from thinking about the next election. The next election is five years away.

"They will come but their outcome will depend on what we will have achieved as a country in a period of five years,” he said.

(Edited by Bilha Makokha)