One must then ask: should the state regulate churches or the proper solution is self-regulation by church umbrella bodies? Article 8 provides that, “There shall be no state religion.” Freedom of religion has ensured that churches enjoy relative autonomy. In January 2016, then Attorney General Githu Muigai unveiled the proposed Religious Societies Rules, 2015 calling for their public debate prior gazettement. ERRANT LEADERSHIPFor Kenya’s protestant churches, this could be the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya; and the Organisation of African Instituted Churches. The practice of life tenure church leadership should be discouraged.

Source: Daily Nation June 15, 2019 21:00 UTC