DP says Kenya cannot both be a God-fearing nation and one of reggae Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday said Kenya is a God-fearing country that respects prayer and not reggae, bhang and witchcraft. “I want to say without fear of contradiction that Kenya shall be a God-fearing nation. A nation of prayer can’t be that of reggae,” he said. The DP spoke during a church service at Eshiunya Anglican Church, Kwisero, Kakamega county. He said politicians have hijacked the Building Bridges Initiative to derail Jubilee’s development agenda so they can achieve their selfish ends. Ruto was taking an apparent swipe at ODM party leader Raila Odinga who is using ‘nobody can stop reggae’ phrase, which is associated with the late South African musician Lucky Dube, to promote the BBI agenda. Reggae is a music genre with deep links to Rastafari, an Afrocentric religion that was developed in the 1930s in Jamaica. “This reggae, magicians and bhang shall be stopped, “ Ruto...