The Ministry of Repentance and Holiness has rejected claims that its leadership is being pressured to support President William Ruto ahead of the 2027 General Election.
The controversy arose after Nyandarua Senator Methu Muhia claimed that a senior archbishop within the church had contacted him alleging that the ministry’s leadership was being pushed to accompany its leader, Prophet David Owuor, to State House.
In a social media post on Thursday, September 10, Muhia alleged that Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi was behind the reported effort to have the church meet President Ruto.
Muhia further claimed that Sudi had cited his mother’s membership in the church while pushing for its leadership to publicly support the President.
The senator also alleged that a large section of the church leadership was opposed to the proposed State House visit.
According to Muhia, about 80 per cent of the church’s leadership had rejected the idea, but he claimed the visit was nevertheless being imposed on senior church officials.
He argued that the alleged move was intended to associate the Ministry of Repentance and Holiness with the Ruto administration, despite the church’s previous position of staying away from political affairs.
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Responding to the allegations, the ministry’s General Overseer and Administrative Secretary dismissed any suggestion that the church or Prophet Owuor had taken a political position.
The church official maintained that both the ministry and its leader remained neutral and were not involved in politics.
The official said the ministry’s focus was solely on its religious mandate and preparation for the coming of the Messiah.
The ministry’s response comes months after it addressed another controversy involving Prophet Owuor.
In February, the church dismissed a viral social media image purporting to show Owuor communicating with God through WhatsApp.
The ministry described the image as fabricated and malicious, saying the prophet had never claimed or demonstrated that he communicated with God through the messaging platform.
It accused the creators of the image of attempting to mislead the public, ridicule Christianity and divert attention from the ministry’s message of repentance, holiness and preparation for the coming of the Messiah.
The ministry subsequently urged believers and members of the public not to share or amplify the allegedly false content.
