Kangema MP Muturi Kigano has tabled a motion in the National Assembly seeking to have a law that regulates the formation and registration of churches and other religious institutions in Kenya.
In his motion, MP Muturi wants Attorney General Paul Kihara compelled to present in Parliament a Bill on control of churches within 90 days.
Muturi, a Jubilee MP, says his motion seeks to prevent Kenyans from continually being exploited by people purporting to be “men of God.”
“The purpose of this proposal is to curtail theft from the public by certain individuals calling themselves ‘men of God’.”
“We must regulate the industry because it has become a den of corruption, extortion and other social evils,” Muturi says.
Muturi further says he will be forced to draft a private members’ Bill if AG Kihara fails to table the Bill within the specified period.
He notes that the existing laws are weak and cannot address the menace in the religious sector.
“It is not in doubt that the modern-day churches are deeply involved in commercial activities, as evidenced by their mode of dressing, media advertising so as to attract congregants, who are then coerced to make prescribed offertories and participate in endless harambees, whose proceeds end up in the owners’ pockets.”
Muturi’s motion is subject to consideration by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee.
He wants amendments introduced to the Societies Act to enable the Registrar of Societies to bring back sanity.
This week, Neno Evangelism Bishop James Ng’ang’a was arrested and charged with threatening to kill Citizen TV journalist Linus Kaikai.
Ng’ang’a issued threats to Kaikai after he suggested that the government should control the Church like President Paul Kagame has done in Rwanda.
A big yes. Churches need to…
A big yes. Churches need to be regulated. They need to report how they use the money they collect. Some Churches have turned to lucrative scamming business.
This is very good news. How…
This is very good news. How about paying taxes. Pastors should be compelled to do community work besides Jesus did it. They should not claim to perform miracles like resurrecting the dead, healing the sick and multiplying money. They should not hold positions of influence with organisations whose aim is profit making.
Iam beginning to think that…
Iam beginning to think that people should open their minds to other faiths,especially those that dont have their names tainted.Certainly when your faith is constantly defamed be the very leaders who are supposed to be the guiding light,you have to question if its them or the faith your are following.Dont follow blindly.
@maxley any chance you…
@maxley any chance you reveal your “faith”? I’ve reading your comments for years and I know you’ve been a big critique of the Christian faith. I might consider it if it doesn’t question the existence of God not gods.
I Strongly believe that…
I Strongly believe that there is a “POWER/force” that created the universe,and the contents in it.But I dont believe anybody knows what it is.And because of this unknown factor, man has created religion as the answer.But to me, religion falls short in answering alot of questions.Science does much better job in attempting to answer our mystery .
Long overdue! Nowadays it’s…
Long overdue! Nowadays it’s almost impossible to distinguish a man of cloth from the diabolical one! Just look at Ruto’s record.
As always, it is the secular…
As always, it is the secular law that we turn to manage all the madness, whether it be out of line churches, or discrimation against minorities of all kinds.
Unfortunately, the human condition is defined by want of things spiritual or the tendency to ostracize those that stray beyond the boundaries of defined thoecratic ‘moral’ supposition.
Muturi’s may a lone motion, but the timing couldn’t be better.
Mheshimiwa Kigano hilo ni…
Mheshimiwa Kigano hilo ni wazo nzuri lenye nia nzuri. Dini hizi za kisasa zimekuwa zikimtania Mwenyezi Mungu hata kumkosea heshima. Viongozi wengi wa dini za Kikristo, katika miaka ishirini iliopita, wamekuwa wakitafsiri Agano Jipya kwa njia ya kujinufaisha wenyewe. Lakini huwezi kuamini ni viongozi wapi watakimbilia vyombo vya habari kupinga na kulaani mbinu hizo Bw Muturi Kigano: Dr Prof. Rev Pastor Wanjiru Kamangu, Mnabii Owuor, Helikopta, Askofu Kariuki, Askofu Mponaji Nganga, Askofu bw na bi Kiuna, Aviation Ministries, Mnabii Kanyari, Dr Canon John Karanja, na wengine wengi ambao wameanzisha biashara ya kibinafsi kanisani. Ni jambo la aibu kuiona serikali ikiwa kimya wakati wananchi wake wanaporoa mctana mtana na majambazi na majangili hawa. Nawapa pongezi makanisa makuu kama vile AIC, PCEA, KATOLIKI, na ACk kwa kuwa katika mstari wa mbele kuweka nidhamu kwa makasisi ambao wanahudumu katika hekalu zao. Pia nampogeza Rais wa Rwanda Paul Kageme kwa kuwachuja chuja na punguza visa vya kuchipuka kwa makasisi ovyo ovyo katika nchi yake. Kuchipuka kwa makanisa wakati wowote pahali popote ni ishara kwamba biashara hii imekuwa njia mojawapo ya kati ya wahuni hawa kutumia Bibilia kuwahadaa wahujaji na wafuasi wao. Naelekeza kidole cha lawama serikali ya Uhuru kwa kuwa wakimya na kutosikia kilio cha Wakenya wanaghadhabishwa ya wahubiri hawa. Serikali ina wajibu wa kuchukua hatua mbadala wa kuhakikisha kwamba wanasajiliwa na kulipa kodi kama biashara nyinginezo. Wakati unaofaa si mwingine ni huu.
Wherelse I agree there is a…
Wherelse I agree there is a to regulate churches because they have “become den(s) of corruption, extortion and other social evils,” there is also a need to control government because it has become the headquarters of corruption, extortion and other social evils.
No doubt churches have…
No doubt churches have become “dens of thieves” as Jesus himself pointed out!Look carefully at most of them & you’ll notice they have incorporated nurseries & schools in their compounds which charge exhorbitant fees! they also hold never ending harambees to plant new church branches elsewhere supposedly to reach out to other lost sheep but have compromised the word of God! sasa ni “toa ndugu toa dada kama hauna toka nje!”
Very well, though it’s not…
Very well, though it’s not enough to just regulate these satanic churches. Why not ban them all together? Government should also put in place measures to rehabilitate those millins of Kenyans who have been brainwashed and turned into zombies by these religious vampires.
Kusema kweli, huwezi kuwa…
Kusema kweli, huwezi kuwa mfuasi wa Mwana Mariamu baada ya kusoma maneno yote mabaya aliyosema na vitendo vibaya alivyofanya! Nakuomba usome:
1. Matayo (Matthew) 10: 34-39
2. Yohana (John) 2: 1-11.
3. Yohana 2: 14-16
4. Mariko (Mark) 9:1
5. Luka (Luke) 14: 26
6. Matayo 6: 6-8
7. Yohana: 38-44
8. Waefeso (Ephesians) 5: 22-24
9. Mariko 13: 21-30
10.Mariko 11:3
Ajabu ni kuwa, wengi wa watu wanaomfuata Hayati yesu, hawajasoma biblia vizuri kuona ya kwamba, ni kitabu kinachojitahidi kueleza maisha ya Wayahudi kabla na pia wakati walipokuwa wakitawaliwa na Warumi (Romans). Ukiniuliza “mkristo” ni nani? Nitakujibu ni mtu ambaye hajasoma biblia vizuri na pia hatumii akili yake kuelewa ya kwamba, hakuna uhusiano baina ya biblia, Wayahudi na maisha ya sasa ya Waafrika.
Wayahudi walimchukia sana Mwana Mariamu alipowaambia wamtolee Kaisari (Cesar) kodi! Wayahudi walikuwa sawa na wapiganiaji wa uhuru katika nchi ya Kenya ambao waliwataka matapeli na majambazi Waingereza warudi kwao baada ya kuja Kenya bila kualikwa na kuyanyakua mashamba ya watu.
Adui mkubwa sana sasa kwa watu wote waliotawaliwa ni koran na biblia. Kwa nini? Vitabu vichafu hivi, vinawadanganya watu waache lupambana na matatizo yao ya kila siku na kutazamia maisha bora baada ya kufa! Upuzi na ujinga mtupu.
Mimi kama Ndugu yangu Maxiley naamini ya kwamba akili ya binadamu ni duni (inferior) sana kuweza kuelewa “MWUMBAJI.” Zawadi tunayoweza kumpa MWUMBAJI ni kuishi kwa amani na kuheshimiana kila mahali duniani. Pia, yatubidi tuitunze dunia vizuri na kuifanya “MBINGUNI – make paradise now on planet earth when you are still alive.” Hakuna maisha mengine baada ya kufa.
Ndugu @Njai: Nakuunga mkono sana juu ya wazo lako la kupiga marufuku (ban) dini zote za kigeni.
Nilipowapeni sehemu za…
Nilipowapeni sehemu za biblia kusoma, namba ya saba (#7) ilifaa kuwa Yohana 11: 38-44
Samahani sana dada na ndugu zanguni.
Does it takes a…
Does it takes a parliamentary thief to catch a religious thief? Good but not so good because Wanjiku is the only dual victim to our fake religious leaders and fake political leaders. It will be divine the day when Wanjiku will not pity one fake against the other but confidently send all fakes to Fakelands south and north of the equator -because religious and political fakes are diametrically opposite of each other.