Religious leaders have a duty to safeguard the pulpit from politicians who take advantage when they to come to worship in church.

The Head of the Anglican Church of Kenya [ACK] Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit cautioned religious leaders not to allow politicians to use the church pulpit when they attend church service.

He said at the end of the day the message of the church is projected and not of the politicians in the church.

“The media is also to blame for focusing on what the politicians are saying rather than what the church has projected,” he pointed out.

Ole Sapit urged the media to stop airing what the politicians say when at the church service but the day’s sermon.

He spoke during the celebration to mark 50 years since the inception of Anglican Province of Kenya held at the Mombasa ACK church in Mombasa county during Sunday service.

The ACK leader accused the media of being part of the politicians’ game by focusing on the remarks made by the politicians while ignoring the day’s sermon.

Ole Sapit who was flanked by ACK Mombasa diocese Bishop Alphonce Baya and his Malindi counterpart Bishop Lawrence Kavutsu Dena said it’s a collective responsibility from both the media and religious leaders.

He said religious leaders are called to serve the society equally without discrimination and that it’s hard to close the door to worshipers who wanted to come to church.

“We must differentiate between a field and a church pulpit which is a worship place and is a cleansed area,” he pointed out.