Nairobi, Kenya – The Church and Clergy Association of Kenya (CCAK) has strongly condemned Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei for making what it calls “unfortunate and unfitting remarks” during a church service in Kapsabet on November 9, 2025.
During the service, Senator Cherargei issued a warning to Kenyan activists he accused of undermining regional stability through “bad manners,” urging neighbouring presidents to take action against them.
“I want to warn our activists who are busybodies… Stop exporting your bad manners to other countries. Stop it! I want to ask President Museveni and President Samia Suluhu Hassan, if you find any busybody activists who want to destabilise the peace and tranquillity of your countries, finya hawa uwarudishe nyumbani tuwamalizie (deal with them, then deport them to Kenya so that we can finish them),” he said.
The association’s national chairman, Bishop Hudson Ndeda, described the remarks, made from the pulpit, as “propagating physical violence against activists whose contribution to our democracy is vital.”
Bishop Ndeda expressed shock that a sitting senator would use a church platform to issue such statements, adding that Cherargei’s subsequent refusal to apologise for his remarks was “both shocking and disturbing.”
“The church condemns the unfortunate utterances in the strongest terms possible as they are not fitting of a leader in the office that Hon. Cherargei occupies. It is our view that the senator, being a state officer, has violated Chapter Six of the Constitution on leadership and integrity and is therefore not fit to hold that office,” read the CCAK statement.
The clergy are now urging the Inspector General of Police to investigate the senator’s utterances. They have also called on the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to summon Cherargei, citing concerns that his comments could incite violence.
