Rev. David Ngari leads a group of evangelical churches bishops at Calvary Celebration Centre Thika on Monday where they called for peace and political tolerance ahead of October 26 repeat presidential polls. [Photo: Thika Today].The church has called on Kenyans to unite ahead of the fiercely contested election that has divided the country along ethnic lines as hate takes the forefront.Led by Bishop Rev. David Kariuki Ngari of Calvary Celebration Centre Thika, the evangelical church leaders it was unfortunate that even the church had been between the two opposing sides.“We are very concerned that our nation is so deeply divided due to the current rise in political temperatures and therefore would like to remind Kenyans that there is more that connects us than divides us. Sadly, some people want to create political unrest, an issue as the church, we will not accept,” said Rev Ngari.The religious leaders urged political leaders to desist from using threatening and abusive language and instead appealed for calm and dialogue among stakeholders in order to solve the current misunderstanding over the presidential rerun scheduledfor October 26.They denounced Tuesday's  planned demonstrations by NASA leaders against the IEBC arguing that they will just aggravate the economic recession in the country.“Let us pray for our political leaders so that they are not tempted to cause chaos. The language being used by politicians in the public rallies is unchristian and can burn this country. We want peace. We urge politicians to understand that this is our country and desist from spitting hate and disintegration,” said the Revered.Covenant of the Clergy Archbishop Joseph Ng’ang’a Ndua warned the church against taking sides in this political duel as this would disintegrate the country even further. He called on the clergy to instead take it upon themselves to reconcile the nation.“I want to call on all church leaders to restrain from taking sides in this whole political debate. It is quite unfortunate that some of us are being induced into following certain political factions due to either financial gains or tribal affiliations,” said Archbishop Ndua.

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