Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday took Civic Education campaigns for the proposed constitution right into the pulpit, when he urged the church leaders to tolerate and accommodate divergent views in the review debate.

He asked the clergy during a Sunday Mass Service at the All Saints Cathedral to observe patience with those pursuing contradictory views in the constitutional debate, to foster unity of the nation ahead of the referendum.

“We must be tolerant to each other and should not view those propagating opinions that are different to our ideals as enemies of our faith, but convince them to see our way of thinking” The Premier said.

He also extended an olive branch to critics of the proposed constitution to reconsider their position urged the religious leaders to give Christians room to read the published draft to guarantee them a chance to vote the referendum with their conscious.

“The Church has always championed for change and liberation and should be seen leading the reforms agenda especially now that the nation has an opportunity to push through the long awaited constitutional dispensation “the Premier said.

Odinga who was accompanied by Embakassi MP Ferdinand Waititu and his Nyando counterpart Fred Outa later told a press conference after the service that the government was not involved in the recent mix up of an altered version of the published draft.

 He assured Kenyans not to worry and get sucked into the controversy surrounding the initial printing of the fake copies arguing that anomaly which might have been engineered by those opposed to reforms was intercepted in time.

“These were just the works of a few individuals who wanted to cause anxiety in the review process but the few copies they produced were destroyed and Kenyans will only vote for the authentic version of the published draft” The Premier said.

He also announced that political parties under the YES fold of the constitution divide agreed to hold joint and complimentary rallies while propagating the civic campaigns towards endorsement of the published draft during the referendum.