Worshippers with President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) during the Annual National Akorino prayers at the Kasarani sports complex, Nairobi, on September 20, 2020. But the Treasurer of the Akorino umbrella - General Conference of Akorino General Assembly (Gecaga) - Bishop Zakary Wandaro they are politically non-aligned. "The annual convention affords us an opportunity to pray for the nation and the current leadership which we support as advised by the Bible," said Wandaro. According to Philomena Njeri’s 1984 study “The Akorino churches: A study of history and basic beliefs of the Holy Ghost Church of East Africa,” the Akorino Churches have been in existence since 1926. Njeri found that the Akorino churches were products of the conflicts and tension created by the economic, political, social, religious and cultural pressures of 1830-1930.

Source: Standard Digital September 25, 2020 09:22 UTC