Nairobi, 07 February, 2020 / 3:51 am (ACI Africa).
Following the death of Kenya’s second president Daniel Moi Tuesday, February 4, Catholic Bishops in the East African country have paid tribute to the country’s longest serving leader, acknowledging him as one who “always put God before all.”
“The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on their own behalf and on behalf of the Catholic fraternity in Kenya wish to express profound gratitude to God for the gift of our late President, Hon. Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi,” the Bishops have stated in a collective message issued Thursday, February 6.
“As we mourn with fellow Kenyans, we also remember the life of a man who believed in God and manifested this with actions,” the Bishops have recalled in the message availed to ACI Africa and added, “The late Mzee Moi prayed to God for guidance and always put God before all that he intended to do. We have a living example of a God-fearing man who frequented worship with other Kenyans with unfailing commitment.”
They have described the late President, a staunch member of the African Inland Church (AIC), as one who “valued Christian teachings and never failed to attend Sunday service where he delivered inspirational messages of peace, love and unity.”
Former AIC presiding Bishop Silas Yego has told the Standard Newspaper, “All the time Moi attended Sunday service, he quoted Galatians 2:20, saying for him to live was because of Christ and that it was by God’s grace."
