The new Anglican Archbishop of Kenya, Benjamin Mwanzia Nzimbi, demonstrated his clear vision and determination during his enthronement on 22 September. Speaking of the vision and mission of the church he expressed how it is the job of its leaders to see it strengthened and transformed.
The fourth Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Benjamin Mwanzia Nzimbi, was enthroned on Sunday 22 September, at a colourful ceremony at the All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi. Thousands of Anglicans and representatives of other religious groups attended the enthronement service, which was also attended by many political leaders.
Tragedy returned to haunt the Anglican Church of Kenya on 24 August when two women were injured in a road accident just days after five of their colleagues were killed in a similar incident.
We have concluded our second meeting of the AIDS Board of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA). We have re-committed ourselves to the vision "of a Generation without AIDS", stated this time last year at the first All Africa Anglican Conference on HIV/AIDS at Boksburg, South Africa.
The Rt Revd Benjamin Paul Mwanzia has been elected as the new Primate of Anglican Church of Kenya.
The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) is concerned about the deteriorating security in the East African country, which it fears, could peak ahead of the General Election later this year.
An African phase of international conversations between Anglicans and Baptists was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-26 January 2001. This regional meeting follows two previous phases held in Norwich (for Europe) in 2000 and Yangon (for Asia/Pacific) in 2001. Participants came, representing their respective Churches in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe and joined the members of the "continuation committee" which is conducting these regional gatherings on behalf of the Baptist World Alliance and the Anglican Communion.
Following the terrorist bomb attack on New York and Washington D.C on 11th September 2001, and the subsequent destruction of tens of thousands of lives.
I was advised to cancel my weekend engagements in America and leave Nairobi for USA tomorrow evening if the situation stabilises. Instead of celebrating a birthday in New York, I have been destined to mourn with you over the shocking events which took place on Tuesday the 11th of September in New York and Washington DC.
Yesterday Thursday 26th April 2001 at about noon Bishop Samuel Musabyimana was arrested at his house in Nairobi by unknown people.
Women from the various Kenyan church denominations gathered at St. Paul's United Theological College in Limuru, Kenya, to share their experiences in ministry and urged the church to find measures to improve poor women and structures that empower and disempower them.
Fighting that erupted in Nairobi last week in which an Anglican Archbishop was slightly hurt, was between Muslims and hawkers, dispelling earlier reports that the fight was between Muslim and Christian youths. The fighting began when Muslim teenagers pulled down wooden kiosks which they said had been erected too close to a mosque in the South B housing estate on the south side of the capital. The kiosk vendors torched a mosque during the fighting.
Muslim and Christian youths fought running battles in Nairobi on Friday (1 December) as a church was burned down and dozens of people, including Kenya's Anglican archbishop, were injured. The fighting began on Thursday when Muslim teenagers pulled down wooden kiosks which they said had been erected too close to a mosque in the South B housing estate on the south side of the capital.
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) will allow widows in Nyanza Province to remarry in the church after establishing the HIV/Aids status of the their late husbands
Three departments of the Anglican Church of Kenya have combined to launch a joint Civic Education Programme (CEP) entitled "Discerning Our Way Together." Kenyan Archbishop, the Most Revd Dr David Gitari, launched the new programme at All Saints Cathedral earlier this year.
Poverty is most concentrated in Africa, where over 250 million people experience chronic hunger, a further 180 million are undernourished, and more than 40% of the population live in abject poverty.
The World Bank and a group of 150 Senior Christian leaders from 20 African nations announced today that the Church and Bank plan to work more closely together to fight poverty and spur economic and social development in Africa.
(AANA) Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has called on the Churches to keep off politics and instead concentrate on the spiritual needs of the Kenyan people.
(ENI) Kenya's church leaders have called for the United States and Britain to bring pressure to bear on the Kenyan government to ensure that the recent tragedies in Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia are not repeated in Kenya.
(ENI)The Roman Catholic Church and the National Council of Churches of Kenya have bitterly criticised the government of President Daniel arap Moi, accusing it of complicity in recent murders of dozens of people in Kenya's Rift Valley.
The Church of the Province of Kenya [CPK] is to undergo major administrative changes among them the change of name and the election procedure for Bishops.
(ENI) Roman Catholic and Protestant church leaders in Kenya have urged the country's opposition parties to accept the result of December's parliamentary and presidential elections in which the incumbent president and his ruling party were returned to power, despite the many economic and social problems the country faces.
Church leaders in Kenya have called on the electorate to participate fully in the general elections on 29 December and disregard those calling for a boycott.
Kenya's state-owned radio station has announced the dissolution of the nation's legislature by President Daniel arap Moi, in the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections expected in late December.
Following reports of unrest in parts of Kenya, ACC staff contacted the Provincial Headquarters of the Anglican Church in Kenya. The Revd Canon Enos Z Ashimala, the Provincial Secretary, sent this report on 3 September:
Kenya's Churches have told the country's government to arrest the "masterminds" behind an outbreak of violence in the coastal town of Mombasa and the surrounding area following an attack on the town's Likoni Catholic Church on 22 August during which two people were killed.
Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi's days are numbered and his kingdom will crumble, Kenya's Anglican Archbishop David Gitari warned on 17 July.
A gathering of Anglican archbishops from throughout Africa, meeting in Johannesburg this week, has heard a strongly-worded condemnation of the Kenyan government for using violence against demonstrators demanding democratic reforms.
In scenes of unprecedented mayhem and carnage, Kenyan paramilitary police stormed All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Nairobi, on 7 July attacking pro-reform advocates who were sheltering inside and leaving the cathedral covered with blood and the pews broken and scattered.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to the Most Revd David Gitari, Archbishop of Kenya, to express his horror over the attack on peaceful protesters in and around All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi.
