By Our Reporter
Members of the clergy drawn within Kisumu Town are up in arms against two officials of their umbrella body called Kisumu Pastors Ministries Fellowship and Church Network whom they accused of having duped them to pray for Governor Jack Ranguma during a thanks giving in which the Governor.
They said the duo Reverend Wendy Magan and Bishop John Kuyo took away with them all the money which were collected that day in form of offerings and told them to tell them how much the offerings were.
The agitated clergy who spoke to the press after failing to meet Governor Ranguma in his office have vowed to camp at his office daily till they are paid for services rendered.
“The Chairperson of the Network together with another man who introduced himself as Ranguma’s cousin called us for a meeting and told us to turn up in large numbers to pray for him at the Jommo Kenyatta Sports Grounds which we did on the promise that we would be paid kshs 10,000 flat rate so that we wash our clergy frock with, to date we have not received the money and they don’t pick our calls, look at us how we look like,broke,tired and whether beaten” they lamented.
Through their spokesman, the Clergy also vowed to get the said money through hook or crook and warned Ranguma of their curse if he refuses to pay the said money.
“We are telling him that should we not be paid by Friday then we will call for overnight prayers to curse him and his leadership, either he pays the said money or begin a spiritual with us as we talk to the almighty God directly “ they added.
They further added that some of them had projected to take their children to school with the said money and use the remainder for other uses and now their plans have come to hilt.
Asked by this reporter why they demand to be paid for prayers yet the prayers should be free, the clergy never gave any direct answer but quoted a verse which says that “one should eat from his sweat” and what that’s exactly what they are doing.
“If Governor Ranguma thought the lunch he gave us was our payment then he is misled, we will get him from every hole he is in, he better owns up and pays us”they added.
Contacted for comment the Chairperson of the network failed to answer any of our sms but the said Ranguma cousin said the Clergy should be patient as they are compiling their details so that they are paid.
“We have a list of those who attended the prayers and we will pay them depending on their seniority, the payment will not be the same as we have a pecking order of seniority, in fact those who are making noises do not even have churches and I doubt if they indeed prayed for Ranguma” he added.
He made it clear that the clergy should not expect any penny from the offerings obtained that day as the said collections went to logistics adding that they will eventually be paid “however long it takes”