Solely Deal With Mackenzie Not Churches, State Told
Mchungaji Mackenzie Picha kwa hisani ya SIMON MAINA / AFP
Church leaders in the Coast Region has called for thorough investigations into the activities of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and preachers like him and take appropriate action against them as individuals.
The clerics, who are under the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), said they were perturbed that the State was pointing fingers at the church when government agencies that had been aware of Mr. Mackenzie’s did not stop him.
They were addressing journalists at the Malindi Friends Church after a consultative meeting following the controversies surrounding Mr. Mackenzie and the imminent control of religious activities by the government as a result of the Shakahola massacre.
They expressed their displeasure with the way government agencies had handled the embattled preacher, noting that the State had been aware of the doomsday preacher’s activities for more than 20 years without taking stern actions against him.
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