NAKURU DIOCESE’S FIRST PRIEST AT THE THRESHOLD OF HIS GOLDEN JUBILEE
By Rev. Fr. Casmir Odundo, Kibet “Still bearing fruits when they are old; still full of sap, still green…” (Psalm 92: 14) One of the great milestones for any priest…I know because I am a priest…is the celebration of the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Priestly Ordination. Well, Nakuru diocese’s first priest Most Rev. Peter Joseph Kairu is exactly one year shy of this momentous event. Today is the 8th Day of November, exactly 49 years ago, Bishop Peter Joseph Kairo, was ordained into the Holy Priesthood in his home parish, St. Mary’s Molo by the then Bishop of Machakos Rt. Rev. Ndingi Mwana’ a’ Nzeki. Nakuru Diocese was erected as a diocese on 11 th January 1968. The diocese remained without a Bishop till on 30 th August 1971 when Bishop Ndingi, previously the Bishop of Machakos was appointed by Pope Paul VI as the Bishop of Nakuru. It was during this period of Sede Vacante that he was ordained a priest. Reflecting on his priestly ordination, the Prelate c