By Tysan, August 20, 2017: The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition filed a case Friday evening (August 18) against the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta, claiming the recent national election was rigged. Media around the globe has been covering the August 8 election in Kenya because of the political violence in the African country […]
By Tysan, July 17, 2017: Fred Matiangi has been appointed the acting cabinet secretary for the interior in Kenya. Matiangi is an Adventist. The appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta came after Joseph Nkaissery died suddenly at Karen Hospital while undergoing a check-up. Kenyatta said, “The position of Interior ministry cannot fall vacant. It is too […]
July 20, 2017: The Adventist Church in Kenya is one of three religious denominations listed among high-turnover tax payer organizations in the country. The list, created by the Kenya Revenue Authority, was for organizations with annual turnovers of between Sh 350 million and Sh 1 billion (USD 3,313,400 – USD 9,466,858.) The Adventist Church […]
From ANN, June 7, 2017: A government-funded public university in Eldoret, Kenya has donated 10 acres of land to the Adventist Church. The plot on the campus of Moi University will house both an Adventist church and a center of excellence. The vice chancellor of the university, Laban Peter Ayiro formally handed over the land […]
May 25, 2017: The body of a decapitated Adventist pastor and conference administrator has been found near his home in Kenya. Kenya’s Standard Digital newspaper reported on May 18th that the body of Pastor Nicholas Kibagendi who disappeared about a month ago, had been found next to his home in the country’s Nyamira County. Neighbors […]
March 8, 2017: A March 3 Kenyan Court of Appeal ruling has given Adventists in the country a major victory. Kenya’s The Standard newspaper reported that Adventist students at state schools will no longer be required to attend classes on Saturday. The court ruled that forcing Adventist students to study on Saturday was an […]
December 23, 2016: The Adventist denomination’s reorganization of a union conference in Kenya has been found to be illegal and the Attorney General has ordered a new constituency meeting by January 11, 2017. The Star national newspaper reported that the constitution of the East African Union was violated when it was divided into two new […]
November 29, 2016: Ronald Melly, a Kenyan man accused of practicing medicine without the correct qualifications, used his internship at an Adventist hospital as a springboard to rise in his profession. Melly, currently branded by Kenyan media as the “fake doctor,” is suspected of using forgery and other forms of deception to ascend to […]
From ANN, February 10, 2016: More than 3,000 leaders and members from the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s East-Central African Division celebrated the inauguration of the newly built West Kenya Union Conference headquarters last week in Kisumu, Kenya. The state of the art complex includes a brand new media center, two cafeterias and a host of […]
From ANN, Feb. 25, 2015: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the main campus of Adventist University Africa (AUA) on Sunday (Feb. 22) to support the construction of a new Health Sciences complex. In a speech to a crowd of nearly 4,000, Kenyatta pledged his financial support for the initiative and commended the Adventist Church for […]
