- In November last year, Ruto recalled how his opponents mocked him for organizing the Nyayo Stadium event to pray for rains.
- He said the then heavy rainfall that had not been witnessed in the last four years was because of prayers.
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has hit back at Kenyans who made fun of leaders who converged at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi in February last year to pray for rains.
He said the prayers were indeed answered as rainfall was recorded in most parts of the country and farmers registered bumper harvests.
“People laughed at us saying these fellows are praying for rain yet it is about science; but didn’t God give us rain and we had the most bountiful harvest we have ever seen in the country,” he said.
Sakaja added that President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua have shown Kenyans that one should not be ashamed of the gospel of God.
“At the highest office on land, State House, praise and worship begins there. And as MPs and governors, we have made sure every Sunday we are worshipping. Thank you for that great example,” he said.
In November last year, Ruto recalled how his opponents mocked him for organizing the Nyayo Stadium event to pray for rains.
He said the then heavy rainfall that had not been witnessed in the last four years was because of prayers.
"When we called for a meeting at Nyayo Stadium to pray for rain, others mocked us. But this year, we have been blessed with enough rain. This year, we got rain that we have not had in the last four years because praying is not a joke, as others imagine," Ruto said.
Ruto led the nation in prayer in February last year following a prolonged drought.
The Head of State invited Kenyans to attend the event and ask for God’s intervention in bringing rain and blessings to the country.
He asked Kenyans to pray for the country for the Almighty to bestow favour and blessings upon them, as the nation underwent the worst drought in four decades.
"We pray for rain; we pray that you shall open the heavens for us so that you can have plenty and so that our farms can produce. So that we can have food in plenty and so that the people of Kenya can rejoice,” the President prayed.
The Head of State intimated that the church had for the longest time taken a back seat in the country's political affairs, but noted that the clergy was slowly making a comeback.