{{A Kenyan Court has ruled that the President and other State officers will continue to take their oaths of office using the Bible after the High Court dismissed a petition challenging the practice.}}
David Gitahi, the Chairman of the Othaya Residents’ Foundation, had sought to stop the use of the Bible for swearing-in at public institutions but Justice David Majanja dismissed his petition for the reason that the petitioner failed to show which provisions of law it violated.
“The petitioner’s case is not founded on the Constitution or any law. The petitioner has not referred to any Article of the Constitution that has been violated or any law that has been breached,” Majanja adjudged.
Gitahi based his case on eight portions of scripture including James 5:12 and Matthew 5:34-37 which states, according the New International Version: “But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
Gitahi, who was not represented by counsel, told the court that he had been sent by God to deal with the spiritual matters affecting the country.
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