John Oballa Owaa

John Oballa Owaa (28 August 1958–) is a Kenyan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Ngong.

Owaa in 2012

Quotes

• God’s word can heal our anger, intolerance and tendency to violence so that we can start to treat one another with love and mercy in all situations without calculation, especially with those we live. I believe we give room to intolerance and violence when we begin calculating. When people start calculating, they give room to sowing discord, and this brings bitterness.
  • Bishop Oballa: Increase in Gender Based Violence is worrying (5 November 2020)

• Be ready to be called names, such as being discriminatory, intolerant, insensitive and fanning hatred when flagging out unhealthy human behavior
  • Africa’s Church Leaders Caution against Pro-choice Agenda ahead of New Leadership at USAID (18 January 2021)