The Cabinet has approved recommendations from the Presidential Taskforce on religious organisations, setting in motion a unique process to regulate church operations.
The latest development, which has created an uproar among religious groups, could pave the way for government to have all religious institutions, including churches, sects, and denominations, register afresh.
Presenting the draft Religious Organisations Bill, 2024 to President William Ruto last year, the Reverend Mutava Musyimi-led taskforce on the review of the legal and regulatory framework governing religious organisations recommended a one-year grace period for all religious organisations to align themselves with the proposed new order entailing new laws and regulations for the sector.
The soft language deployed by the taskforce, composed largely of religious men, is that "all religious institutions shall update their particulars" under the proposed law.
