The group led by its President, Harrison Mumia, began an online petition seeking 6000 signatures before they could present it to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Senate. However, the group was greatly embarrassed as it only got 97 signatures and forced to discontinue the campaign.
Mr Mumia noted that since Kenya was not ready for the change it was clear the petition would not pass. The group started the petition a week ago opposing having the word ‘God’ in the national song, yet they do not believe in His existence.
“Our National Anthem begins with the words ‘Oh God of all Creation’. Not all Kenyans believe in the existence of a God. We feel the National Anthem is not representative of us and goes against the spirit of the Kenyan Constitution. Kenyans must endeavour to keep a separate wall between religion and state in line with Article 8 of the constitution,” the read the petition.
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