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| A joyous Archbishop Kivuva (left) waves to the congregation after his installation as Archbishop of Mombasa, Looking on is H.E. Cardinal Njue (right) |
Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde was on February 21, 2015 installed as the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa in ceremony took place at Mombasa Municipal Stadium.
Archbishop Kivuva who takes charge of the Archdiocese was previously the Bishop of Machakos. Archdiocese of Mombasa fell vacant when the Late Archbishop Boniface Lele resigned in November 2013 due to ill health and later died in April 2014.
The installation Holy Mass was also attended by the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan Most Rev. Charles Daniel Balvo.
Delivering the homily, the Bishop of Kitui Rev. Anthony Muheria said the installation of Archbishop Martin Kivuva was a sign of constant care and love of God over his people, God visiting his own through the shepherd who stands in his place.
Bishop Muheria said God cannot forget his people and the installation of Archbishop Kivuva was a testimony adding that the grace of a new Archbishop ‘is a fruit of hope and prayer of the faithful of Mombasa.’
Meanwhile, addressing the media after his installation, Archbishop Martin Kivuva called on Kenyans to pray for unity and togetherness of the nation. He said his immediate task as the Archbishop of Mombasa would be to strengthen inter-religious dialogue, create an office to interface the counties for the sake of complementing social development projects in order to avoid duplication and to look into issues of insecurity which is a countrywide problem.
He appealed to all the people of Mombasa and the country at large to join hands and enhance proper security in order to revive the tourism industry and have it booming once more to boost the economy. He also called on the youth to say no to drugs as this will consequently render drug barons jobless and make the coastal region a better and beautiful place to live in.
At the same time, Archbishop Kivuva called on media owners in Kenya to embrace digital migration as this was a process whose time had come and that there was no other choice but to conform.
“It is like someone tells you that you have been driving a petrol car and that from the 17th of June 2015, all cars will start using diesel. You have to change your engine and you just can’t say you will not. If you do not change, come June 17th 2015, you won’t be able to drive,” said Archbishop Kivuva.
The Archbishop urged the media fraternity to remember the country’s distinguished position as a leader in technology in the region and act accordingly. “It is incumbent on the media fraternity, especially the three main media houses, Citizen, NTV and KTN, to remember that they have to take the lead,” said Archbishop Kivuva. “If Uganda and Tanzania have done it, Kenya, which is very well respected in terms of technology, has no choice but to conform. I don’t understand what is causing the delay. The three media houses are rich and can do it quickly. Let us go ahead. Let us move on and take this country forward.”
By Rose Achiego, Waumini Communications, KCCB