Aspirants turn to God ahead of MUSO elections

Over 50 candidates for the forth-coming Moi University student elections attended yesterday's Christian Union service in a bid to seek God's anointing as the voting day approaches.

 

MUSO aspirants in front of the church

The men and women, whose common desire is to become directors of different docket in the 28th Students Governing Council, put aside their differences in religious ideologies and occupied most of the front seats in LH 1 on Sunday morning as they sought God's inspiration as part of their strategies to win an election. Accompanied by some members of the Student Electoral Commission, they were presented before the congregation in a short session after the church announcements.

Before being prayed for, the aspirants were reminded that by choosing to attend a service, they had declared to believing in God and must therefore act like believers throughout the on-going campaign period. On a lighter note, they are - for instance - not expected to buy alcohol for supporters because it goes against Christian teachings.

Due to the large number of aspirants present, none of them was given a chance to speak to the church; instead they were all allowed to speak to God for some minutes through prayers. However, the SEC chairman, Mr. Jeff Kenyatta, was later invited to address the church. With his well-rehearsed poetic language, the 'man of God' appeared to move the congregation in a way that the day's preacher never did.

On behalf of the SEC, Kenyatta made a vow in the presence of the lord, that his commission's commitment is to oversee the most successful and corruption-free election on Friday.

"I want to assure everyone before the feet of Jesus that this coming election will be credible, fair and transparent; that the will of the people will prevail," he said.

Kenyatta also reminded the candidates that despite their huge number, there will only be a few winners after the exercise and the rest will be required to concede defeat.

"There are many aspirants before us but only 11 will be chosen. Last time I had a dream of serving as the MUSO chair, but I never was. So in as much as [some of] you may not make it to be the next directors, God has a plan for you all."

or the forth-coming Moi University student elections attended yesterday's Christian Union service in a bid to seek God's anointing as the voting day approaches.