By Mutahi Ngunyi
As part of civil disobedience, I have stopped praying for Kenya. In fact, I want to invite the women of Kenya to join me. They pray too much. And who knows, maybe their prayers have sustained the country.
But together, we can hold a ‘‘prayer boycott’’. This may sound crazy, but allow me to explain.
One, our country has been hijacked. The two principals and their ‘‘gangs’’ are like Somali pirates. Self-seeking, greedy and dangerous.
If they disagree, they will collapse the country. If they do not, the country will collapse in 2012 anyway! Either way, we are hostage. To pray for our leaders, therefore, is like praying for pirates.
And because God is fair, He will shower the ‘‘pirate leaders’’ with blessings galore. Blessed and healthy ‘‘pirates’’ can only increase our misery. No wonder the country is captive, anxious and afraid.
My second reason is about President Mwai Kibaki. The old man suffers from the ‘‘Pharaoh Complex’’. He is stubborn, self-assured and deaf.
No amount of plagues, ranging from drought to the invasion of Migingo Island, will move him. And the more severe the plague, the harder his heart gets.
But he has a crack on the wall. Like Pharaoh who gave up when his son was killed, President Kibaki loves himself. Anything touching on his family causes him to jump. And this is where our prayers should target.
Instead of praying for good health and long life, our women ‘‘prayer warriors’’should pray for the following: that he experiences the pain of IDPs, the loss felt by the bereaved, and the horror we feel when we think of the burning Eldoret church.