Reverend Kathy Kiuna warns Kenyans against tribalism
Jubilee Christian Church’s head pastor, Reverend Kathy Kiuna, has delivered a strong message to Kenyans, warning that tribalism remains one of the greatest threats to national unity and progress.
Speaking on day 2 of the gospel concert RHEMA on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, she urged citizens to embrace one another beyond ethnic lines, insisting that only togetherness can build a strong and prosperous nation.
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She said the body of Christ itself demonstrates the importance of unity, noting that just as the eye cannot say to the hand that it is not needed, Kenyans too must learn to depend on one another.
“The eye must not say to the hand, ‘I do not need you.’ When the enemy wants to weaken a believer, he isolates them and pulls them aside. Isolation is the enemy’s strategy for dismantling believers from becoming people of authority and identity,” she preached.
She warned that isolation is often the enemy’s weapon to weaken believers, because when people are pulled aside, they lose their sense of authority and identity.
A hand that is cut off, she emphasised, can never heal because it has been separated from the rest of the body.
“A hand cut off can never fully heal because it has been severed. You must be someone who allows for connection,” she added.
In her sermon, Reverend Kiuna described many churches today as resembling a valley of dry bones, lifeless and disconnected.
She explained that just as in the Bible, where the bones only began to live again once the word was spoken and the connection was restored, Kenya too must rise above divisions and embrace unity if it is to thrive.
“The Bible even talks about the dry bones. A picture of today’s church is that many churches resemble a valley of dry bones, so much lifelessness. But we cannot be divided and expect to succeed in life,” she added.
She said this is not a season for talent alone but a time for anointing, insisting that the country needs voices filled with oil and spiritual power to rebuild its moral and social fabric.
Quoting scripture, she reminded her audience of how the bones came together, bone to bone, and supernatural life was restored when tribes and people joined as one.
Kathy made it clear that her concern was not about anyone’s tribe or origin but about the shared responsibility of serving one true God and building a united future.
“This is a season when we do not just want talented singers; we want singers with anointing. The Bible says that as the word was spoken, something supernatural began to happen, and many people from different tribes began to join together. The bones came together, bone to bone.”
She insisted that division has no place in a nation that aspires to prosper, and cautioned that Kenyans must learn to see beyond tribal affiliations if they are to move forward.
“Now watch this space. I do not care what tribe you are from; what matters is that we are serving one true God. I do not care where you are coming from. Unity is what counts,” she added.
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