National prayer breakfast exposes leaders' hypocrisy

Deputy President William Ruto walks past President Uhuru Kenyatta to make his remarks during National Prayer Day at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi on May 26, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

For close to two decades, the National Prayer Breakfast has presented an opportunity for Kenyan leaders to put aside partisan politics and pray together for themselves and the country.

But the event has also brought to the fore the question of leaders’ failure to practice what they preach.