{"id":11882,"date":"2021-03-12T16:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=11882"},"modified":"2021-04-13T21:08:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T21:08:15","slug":"kenya-kenyan-nun-urges-franciscan-families-to-be-prophetic-bold-and-courageous-in-fighting-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/12\/kenya-kenyan-nun-urges-franciscan-families-to-be-prophetic-bold-and-courageous-in-fighting-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: Kenyan Nun Urges Franciscan Families to Be Prophetic, Bold and Courageous in Fighting Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Against the backdrop of 2021 Lenten campaign theme by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on \u201cRebuilding our nation through inclusive and accountable governance,\u201d a Kenya nun has urged members of the Franciscan Family Association (FFA) to take personal responsibility in the fight against corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reflecting on one of the thematic areas suggested by the Church leaders in the 2021 Lenten campaign booklet on \u201cHoliness in breaking the chain of corruption,\u201d Sr. Consolata Aloo has reiterated the Prelates\u2019 call, challenging the Franciscans to fight corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to dozens of Religious men and women and some lay Franciscans who attended the online session on Saturday, March 6, Sr. Consolata stated, \u201cWe are called to a prophetic mission of condemning all forms of corruption which calls for holiness in standing for the truth,\u201d adding, \u201cCorruption exists, it is a vice that has \u201cimprisoned our hearts, families and entire society\u201d and it must be fought jointly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A member of the congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Anna (FSSA), Sr. Consolata divulged that corruption has clearly manifested in various sectors in the country including among others \u201cpoor infrastructure, unfair trade practices, lack of jobs by those who resist giving bribes and compromised quality of roads causing accidents and deaths of innocent people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sr. Consolata has challenged the Franciscans to look at their contribution to corruption from individual level before pointing fingures to the government knowing that \u201cFor us to fight corruption in the Church, we must begin by fighting corruption from our institutions and from the individual level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sr. Consolata who is the Executive Secretary to the Catholic Scholarship Program for Kenya (CSPK)\u00a0highlighted that corruption has led to a \u201csociety of who knows who,\u201d hence \u201cindividuals are denied opportunities they deserve and these are offered to those who are \u201cknown\u201d leading to promotion of tribalism, nepotism and ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBackroom deals have hindered public service delivery where people are denied access to basic services in preference to those that can pay for them,\u201d she said adding, \u201cPeople no longer trust institutions that are responsible in offering services, giving a general feel that without bribing officials, access to services is\u00a0 almost impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Echoing the bishops\u2019 message on how each person should act to fight corruption, the Kenyan nun highlighted that \u201cthere is need to take risk by being bold and courageous in doing what is right,\u201d and at the same time, \u201ceach person must be prepared for the consequences of fighting corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA Against the backdrop of 2021 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