Fr. Joseph Githinji

Catholic Priest Decries Luring of Starving Kenyans with Food During Political Campaigns

Mar 1, 2022

With the heated political campaigns ahead of Kenya’s August 9 elections, aspiring leaders have started distributing food parcels to residents of Turkana County who have been enduring hunger for years, a Catholic Priest in the East African country has said.

A section of Turkana elders from Kenya during a peace meeting in Ethiopia. Credit: Fr. Joseph Githinji

Emotions Run High as Kenyan Catholic Parish Unites Warring Border Communities

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Sometime last month, a group of Kenyan elders led by the three Priests ministering at St. Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish of the Diocese of Lodwar embarked on a peaceful march to Ethiopia where a group of villagers waited, equally eager to put the decades of violence with their Kenyan counterparts behind them.

Fr. Joseph Githinji

Catholic Priest Decries Luring of Starving Kenyans with Food During Political Campaigns

Emotions Run High as Kenyan Catholic Parish Unites Warring Border Communities

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