Lent is a time to celebrate and experience God’s mercy, a prominent Kenyan bishop has proclaimed, donating food and clothing to more than 4,000 households in the Ngong slum district of Mathare, Eldoret’s Bishop Cornelius Arap Korir, chairman of the national Catholic justice and peace commission, called on Kenyans to move forward in forgiveness and love towards next year’s general election.
Kenyans “need to shun corruption, negative ethnicity and radicalisation that tears the country apart and embrace oneness, tolerance of one another and creation of job opportunities for the youth”, he said, adding that “in the season of Lent, the Catholic Church calls her faithful to be in fellowship and solidarity with their brothers and sisters who are less fortunate and support the church through prayers, self-denial and almsgiving”.
