Is one week sufficient to deal with land documentation – a hot potato in society?
President Uhuru Kenyatta has given the Education ministry one week to revert land ownership and control of church-sponsored schools to churches.
The president termed this as a great honour to the departed Retired Archbishop John Njenga who was buried in Nairobi n Tuesday 13th November.
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“There is a lot of schools built by the church and we want the Ministry of Education to restore that sponsorship back and secondly you have one week to restore all church and school owned land back to the owner,” he stated.
“Yes the church and state must remain separate but we must remain interdependent. My first duty though is to pass my condolences to the family , the church and indeed to all Kenyans for our departed brother Archbishop John Njenga,” he stated.
In 2015, there was a rough patch between government and church institutions after Presdient gave a directive demanding that all institutions be given title deeds with immediate effect following the attempted grabbing of Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi.
The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) however called on the national government to stop the issuance of title deeds to schools until ownership disputes are resolved.
He retired as the Archbishop of Mombasa in 2005 after leading the archdiocese for 17 years and the President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto led the nation in mourning the heroat the funeral mass at the University of Nairobi grounds.
The former vice president Moody Awori who was in attendance stated that Archbishop Njenga helped him converted to Catholicism by teaching him the catechism at the Holy Ghost College, now known as Mang’u High School.