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Ida Odinga Calls For the Abolishment of Some Churches

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  • Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s wife, Ida Odinga, has asked the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) to abolish some churches that are not run by trained theologians.

    Speaking on Sunday, January 30, during the launch of the Christian Book by Archbishop Emeritus Habbakuk Abogno, Ida urged NCCK to regulate the establishment of churches and shut down those that fail to meet the required standards.

    She noted that many small churches had cropped up in the past few years, adding that they were not effective because their leaders had not been trained.

    Ida stated that some church leaders were just reading scriptures as they are written in the Bible instead of interpreting it for their congregants.

    An undated image of Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his wife Ida Odinga.
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    According to her, some Christian institutions have been set up to make money while using God’s name instead of bringing people closer to God.

    “We want Kenyans to subscribe to religions that are formally registered and not those whose belief systems are commodified. It is also important that we conduct training for all those who minister the word of God,” Ida remarked.

    In 2016, President Uhuru directed the Attorney General to hold consultation with religious leaders noting that rogue preachers were exploiting Kenyans. 

    “We have a few people whose work is to illegally obtain money from citizens. Their false message to citizens is that they are spreading the gospel or the word of God. But they enrich themselves from the sweat of their citizens,†the President remarked.

    In 2019, Kangema MP Muturi Kigano tabled a proposal at the National Assembly aimed at weeding out rogue pastors and churches but was met with a lot of resistance by religious leaders.

    One of the proposals in Kigano’s Bill was that churches should have an umbrella regulatory body with the actual location they intend to operate from and details of their leaderships.

    He also suggested that the church’s leadership should not consist of family members and sought to set the minimum qualification for one to practice as a pastor. 

    File image of Kangema MP Muturi Kigano.
    File image of Kangema MP Muturi Kigano.
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  • Source: KENYAGIST.COM

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