A compromising position: the churches and the Kenya conflict.(church leaders in Kenya had opposed President Daniel arap Moi, but after Moi's reelection they have maintained a more neutral stance)

In July 1997, during a day of nationwide

demonstrations calling for political

reform, riot police stormed Nairobi's

All Saint's Cathedral and assaulted

worshipers. That moment of conflict,

captured by the world press,

symbolized the determination of

Kenya's churches to change the corrupt

politics of President Daniel arap Moi.

But during December's general

elections, which returned the 73-year-old

Moi to power, the churches became

voices of moderation, urging Kenyans

to accept the…