Matthew 18 : 21-22 ; Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. Also, a stanza in God’s prayer recites; forgive us our sins as we forgives our neighbor.
Well, my take is, if God stands with forgiveness decree, then most of us Kenyans will miss heaven. Why do I judge so.
Kencell was the first private mobile phone line in Kenya. But was very expensive for common citizen to afford cost-effectively. Then came Safari-com with cheap facilities. Kenyans grabbed them to a point now it almost abusing dominance. What about Kencell? it have changed hands and transformed from Kencell-Celtel-Zain, and presently Airtel brand name where in a process offering very cheap services than Safaricom. But Kenyans seems not have forgiven it.
In financial services, Barclays bank was one of leading private financial institution which charging exorbitant fees in a negative performing economy during former late President Moi, to a point Donde Bill was crafted to try and save common citizen. Then came Kibaki regime that expanded economy and other private banks like Equity came up and offered concession and cheaper financial services. End result. Barclays bank climbed down with cheaper services than late day banks to no avail. Today it,s has transitioned to Absa Bank PLC to remain afloat depicting Kenyans sense of lack of forgiveness.
Kenya African National Union [KANU] lost favor with Kenyans after it blundered economic resources and suppressed democratic space. Fundamentally, if political party fails economy of country by miscalculated policies, the electorate just drop it in the next general election. The trend applied in oldest and big economies like America and Britain between Republican Party and Democratic Party; Conservative Party and Labor Party respectively. But if it apply heavy hand to oppress democratic space the way KANU did during it 24-year rule by ‘special branch’ headquartered at infamous ‘Nyati House’. It lose glory and given lack of virtue of forgiveness of Kenyans.
So, Gideon Moi need to enlist services of high integrity clergymen to do his binding instilling forgiveness virtue. Although he is lucky the six million new voters the IEBC intends to enlist were born after 2002 when KANU lost power. Thus, they did not taste it oppression unlike their parents who punished President Uhuru Kenyatta in 1997 when contested on it ticket in Gatundu South Constituency after trying in vein to re-brand it [KANU], from Nichorus Biwott.
Meanwhile, Gideon Moi himself invoked John 20 : 23 ; “If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they not forgiven.”- at his late father’s burial ceremony, when he revealed a lie notion that his father detested meat. In doing so, he was confessing on behave of his father.