Kenyan religious institutions have become strongly critical of President William Ruto’s government for months now. The criticism grew stronger still recently when the assembly of Catholic bishops bluntly called out the administration for a “culture of lies”, the failure to fulfil campaign promises and the imposition of punitive and exploitative policies.
Kenya’s 2010 constitution provides for the separation of church (religion) and state (politics).
However, the relationship between the two institutions is strong. And personal involvement of politicians in religion and vice versa is still common in the country.
