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| Most Rev. Anthony Muheri, Bishop of Nyeri Celebrates Mass with KCCB Staff |
By Rose Achiego
Most Rev. Anthony Muheria the Archbishop of Nyeri, has challenged the staff at Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) General Secretariat to show the face of Christ through honesty and good stewardship of resources entrusted to their care.
Addressing the congregation during Mass at Waumini House in Westlands, Nairobi, where he replicated the launch of the Anti-Corruption Campaign, Archbishop Muheria called on staff of the Bishops’ Secretariat to cultivate heroic and courageous witness that the disciples had, in helping the bishops in the fight against corruption.
Archbishop Muheria told the staff that as people working for the Church, they need to fight against corruption to avert the negative effects perpetuated by greed and hunger for power, so as to achieve peace, harmony, goodness and love that Christ wishes for all.
“We have disfigured the face of Christ by engaging in corrupt deals but unless we heal the soul and awaken the conscience, pointing fingers at others will not change society.”
He added that the six-month campaign against corruption launched on 5th, October, 2019 at Subukia in Nakuru aims at re-awakening the conscience.
“We need to revive and awaken our conscience. We need to change our hearts because we are the ones accommodating and feeding the evil of corruption,” he said, adding that when one gives a Police Officers a bribe or when one pays money to be given a job or tender, or takes things that do not belong to them, they are corrupt.
He led staff in renewing their baptismal vows, reciting the commitment to fight corruption and signing a declaration as a sign of their commitment.
“Let this commitment not be just a ritual or bureaucratic process – let there be a new rebirth, a new dawn and witness of truth,” he said.