Uhuru Declares Saturday a National Prayer Day over Coronavirus Pandemic

Following the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country, President Kenyatta has declared Saturday, March 21st as a national day of prayer.

Kenyatta said the function will be held at State House, Nairobi and will be presided over by a team of religious leaders.

“We cannot ignore the need to turn to God.  In these circumstances as we have done in the past as a nation, we have always turned to God first to give thanks for the many blessings that He has bestowed on our nation,” Uhuru said in a statement on Tuesday.

“But we also turn to God to share our fears, our apprehensions, but also to seek his guidance and ever-present protection. We acknowledge always that we are nothing without our God.” 

Uhuru further assured the country that the government will continue to put up measures to keep Kenyans safe from the illness that has wreaked-havoc globally. 

“Let us join hands together on Saturday. Let us pray for our country. Let us pray for our unity. Let us pray to see this pandemic resolved and let us pledge to love one another, to live in peace and harmony with each other and let us pray that the world will once again refocus itself on those things that are good, on those things that are virtuous, on those things that are peaceful.” 

“And in this, I am guided by the following scripture and I will quote from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians as read in the book of Philippians 4: 6 – 9, “Do not worry about anything instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then, you will experience God’s peace which exceeds anything we can ever understand. His peace will guide your hearts, your minds as you live in Christ Jesus,” Kenyatta added.

This comes after Kenya confirmed a new case of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to four.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the patient arrived in Kenya from London, the United Kingdom on March 9th.