Greetings Muzee Jimmy,
Following the death of the area MP of Kibera a few months ago, the Kibera people are heading to the ballot on 7th November in a hotly contested election.
From the run up to this election, we have seen a lot of tension as one party claims that if they loose there will be no peace. So members of the IMFC family meeting in house churches from every corner of the slum who are in the thousands here in Kibera, are calling upon the brethren to pray together with them. Pray that the Lord will give peace to the people of Kibera, pray that the voting shall go on peacefully and pray that after the result is known it will also be received and accepted by whoever will loose the election. Today, we see people hurling insults and threats on public platforms that say if they lose there will be no peace in Kibera.
Kibera slum is the largest slum setting in the world and it is one of the places in Nairobi where the Lord has transformed many lives through the simple story we share from the book of John 3:1-21. We have so many house churches meeting in almost all corners of Kibera equalling to tens of thousands of people. This means that our brothers and sisters in these areas of Kibera are at a great risk of loss if any chaos breaks out. And today, they are fearing for their families, their homes, their businesses, their lives.
So the reason for writing this to you muzee Jimmy is because our Kibera family is calling upon the IMFC family to remember them in prayer as they wait for the election on the 7th November. Pray that the opposition party of former PM Raila Odinga, which is absolutely fuming now with their candidate being the brother to the former MP, will be calm and peaceful as they have officially said if they lose there will be no peace. The other candidate from the leading party is an international footballer, Mariga, who has a real chance to win under the guidance of the Deputy President. So ours is to pray that God will intervene because leadership comes from Him. Pray that our brethren will go through this exercise peacefully both before, during and after November 7. Thank you and kind regards.
Xavier
I promised Xavier that I would ask my friends here in the US and in Uganda to pray for the people living in Kibera slum, especially for the believers meeting in the house churches and who are sharing the message of Christ boldly. I have been there many times and know many people. They're good people. They simply want an opportunity to live their lives in peace with a job to provide for their families. I am praying for them and I ask you to join me. I remember seeing the photos of fires burning in the slums after the last election and the riots that followed. I pray there is no repeat. Pray with me that the police could intervene and stop the hooligans who are being paid to cause this unrest without adding to the misery of the people by brutally beating innocent people themselves. November 7, is one week away. It’s next Thursday. Please begin adding this to your daily prayer list today. And we may need to pray that we do not face violence like this or the threat of it in the USA after political elections.
Thanks.
Jimmy