Democratic Party leader invokes biblical prophecy, warning the President that the "writings are on the wall" after the church teargas debacle.

The gloves are off. In a blistering attack that signals a deepening rift within the political class, Democratic Party (DP) leader Justin Muturi has told President William Ruto that he cannot lecture the opposition on politicking in church, likening the Head of State to the doomed biblical King Nebuchadnezzar.

Muturi’s remarks, made during a charged service at ACK Gitugi, are a direct response to President Ruto’s condemnation of politics in places of worship. The former Attorney General accused the government of hypocrisy, noting that it was the state’s own police machinery that desecrated the altar by lobbying teargas at worshippers in Nyeri last Sunday.

The "Writing on the Wall"

Drawing from the Book of Daniel, Muturi painted a picture of a regime that has become intoxicated with power and disconnected from the suffering of its people. "The writings are on the wall," Muturi thundered, a phrase historically associated with the imminent fall of an empire. By invoking Nebuchadnezzar—a king who was humbled by God for his arrogance—Muturi is sending a coded but clear message: the President’s time is running out.

"You cannot send police to fire live bullets and teargas into a church and then turn around and preach to us about sanctity," Muturi argued. "That is the height of deception. The church is the refuge of the people, and when the state attacks the refuge, the state has lost its legitimacy."

• The Othaya Incident: The verbal war stems from the chaotic scenes at ACK Witima Church, where former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and congregants were teargassed—an act the opposition blames on state orders to silence dissent.
• The United Opposition: Muturi’s presence alongside other opposition figures signals a coalescing front against the Kenya Kwanza administration, using the church as the new battleground for the soul of the nation.

A House Divided

Muturi, once a close ally who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly and later Attorney General, has now become one of the President’s fiercest critics. His transformation from a state insider to a prophetic voice of doom illustrates the shifting sands of Kenyan politics ahead of 2027.

"The King has forgotten who put him on the throne," Muturi warned. As the political temperature rises, the pulpit has once again become the most dangerous podium in Kenya, and Muturi is not stepping down.