Nairobi, 24 August, 2022 / 9:30 pm (ACI Africa).
On the 22nd anniversary of the murder of Fr. John Anthony Kaiser, Catholic Bishops in Kenya have remembered the American-born member of the Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) for advocating for justice in the East African nation.
Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) say the death anniversary of the Priest whose body was found lying on the roadside near his place of mission over two decades ago serves as a reminder of the injustices in the society today.
In their Wednesday, August 24 anniversary message published in a Kenyan Daily, KCCB members say that 22 years after his death, Fr. Kaiser is remembered and celebrated by the Church, MHM members, his family and all people of goodwill “for the tireless efforts in advocating for justice for the poor, oppressed and vulnerable, preaching peaceful coexistence.”
Fr. Kaiser was known for working with the vulnerable and the oppressed in Kenya. He was vocal and bold against the forced evictions of Kenyans from their ancestral land.
He was a critic of President Daniel Moi administration, and once testified before a commission, accusing the government of fueling the 1991-1993 ethnic violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province.
