Psychology of Misusing the Religious Premises by Politicians in Africa.

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This article is divided into seven major topics and each topic is divided into subtopics. In the Introduction the author has presented the problem to the study. In methodology the author has discussed the methodology used to collect data. In this section the author used two data collection instruments for this study, and these were an observation guide instrument and interview guide instrument. The study was carried out in Nairobi County Starehe constituency. Nairobi county has 17 constituencies with 2,415,304 registered voters and Starehe constituency has 123,163 registered voters with 6 wards. In the 6 wards that is where the author conducted the study. Out of 380 respondents 200 were male and 180 were female. The author opted to use random sampling method because all members of the population has an exactly equal chance of being selected to give information based on this study. In review of related literature, the author has reviewed the related articles, journals, and books from other studies done based on suggested subtopics. These subtopics are: The definition of religion, the highlight of using Psychology to misuse religion and religious premises for self-gain, the author has asked some key questions like: Is religion motivated with political arguments? Is religion and state the same thing? The author has also reviewed the history and the growth of religion in African states, the author has highlighted on religion and political temperature during the electioneering period, How Politicians are using social media as an Influencer in religion and society in Kenya, the author has also asked other key questions: what impact does social media have on religious identity? Can politicians be stopped from using religious premises in Kenya? The author has reviewed on what others think the way forward and the Wakeup call to religious leaders. The author has given the results and discussion from the study and finally the conclusion and the way forward. The study conducted answered the following research questions. What is the impact of politicians on religious premises? How do politicians play around with the psychology of people on religious premises? Who is responsible for religious premises? Where do we place the politicians in religious Premises? Results were discussed and coded in tables as will be seen in the study. The duration for this study took 6 weeks to collect data. 349 out of 380 observation guides were returned within the timeline which translate to 91.8% and 31 observation guides were not returned nor filled that means which also translate to 9.2%. Based on the study the author concluded that religious leaders need to be wise when it comes to matters of politicians misusing church premises to sell themselves. Finally, the author gave the conclusion, and the way forward based on the study carried.