{"id":31978,"date":"2017-01-21T07:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-the-day-president-uhuru-kenyatta-became-a\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T07:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:15:32","slug":"kenya-the-day-president-uhuru-kenyatta-became-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-the-day-president-uhuru-kenyatta-became-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya:The day president Uhuru Kenyatta became a rainmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

{President Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s voter registration drive in central Kenya was disrupted in Nyeri after heavy rains pounded the region when he started to address a crowd on Friday.
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Pushed by the crowd to pray, the president started his meeting with a short prayer \u2013 in Kikuyu – asking God to bless the community with rainfall.<\/p>\n

When the crowd asked the president to pray for them, the head of state caused laughter saying that he is a politician and not a pastor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I do best is politics,\u201d he said. But the crowd was unrelenting.<\/p>\n

He agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur God we pray for peace in our country, give us rains so that our animals have something to eat. We pray for a good harvest in our farms and growth in our country. We pray for victory,\u201d the president prayed in Kikuyu.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, it poured heavily though dark clouds had already gathered before the meeting started.<\/p>\n

Following the rains, the president\u2019s team cancelled a rally scheduled at Kiganjo.<\/p>\n

Social media was abuzz with praise for Mr Kenyatta for making an effectual prayer. Others said it was just a coincidence.<\/p>\n

Laban Thuo, a Facebook user, posted, \u201cHis Excellency the President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, just like our respectable distinguished fore-fathers and elders prayed for our nation in Nyeri for rain and it really rained. That’s a sign!!!! For better things ahead.”<\/p>\n

Other termed him a prophet \u201cBelieve me our president is not only a leader but a prophet, after he prayed for rain in Nyeri, a few minutes later it rained,\u201d Doreen Magambo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means a lot. If our President could land in Nyeri and the Lord answers his prayer even before he leaves the place, I can only imagine what would happen to this country if he called for a day of prayer and fasting and he led it himself,\u201d Catherine Kabiri posted.<\/p>\n

The two-hour downpour led to clogging of the drainage system in some parts of the lower while roofs in some buildings leaked.<\/p>\n

Various parts of the country are experiencing a long dry spell that has lead to biting drought.<\/p>\n

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