A number of church leaders from Nyanza region have expressed concern over the sad state of the education sector in the county.
The clerics said that the nation risks running out of well trained professionals if the situation is not immediately corrected.
The head of Diocese of Bondo of the Anglican Church Bishop David Kodia said Kenya’s education system has become chronically ill and unless the leadership in power becomes humane, there will be mass production of unqualified professionals in many fields.
Addressing the media in Kisumu while in the company of other church leaders, Kodia said interruptions of classes due to frequent closures of learning institutions of higher learning is virtually affecting the quality of education in public universities.
He said any leader worth his salt and has benefitted from education should understand the impact of poor education policy on national development.
The cleric said ineptitude expressed by the government with regard to lecturers’ demands and reckless utterances by those in power is a clear indication of how to fail to lead.
Bishop Kodia said the transition from CBC’s JSS to senior school is yet to be addressed and yet the government wants Kenyans to believe that all is well.
“Nothing can be well without adequate preparation and proper communication,” he said.
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In view of this, he said they are demanding immediate response from the government on how the issues affecting the education sector are being addressed, not how they will be addressed.
He said sweet talks annoy Kenyans more than anything else especially when they are laced with hollow promises.
Kodia said grievances affecting varsity dons must be addressed lest education and higher learning generally is left to go to the dogs.
Also present at the press conference at St Stephens’ Cathedral in Kisumu were Bishop Charles Onginjo of Diocese of Maseno South, John Godia of Maseno West, Simon Onyango of Southern Nyanza Diocese, Patrick Ligawa of Church of Christ in Africa, and Clement Otieno of Free Pentecostal Church of Kenya.
They asserted that Kenyans need a government that understands the limits of people’s capacity to bear the burden of excessive taxation indicating that Kenyans need to be respected not to be subjected to fear of reprisals for their divergent views.
By Fredrick Odiero
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