Two preachers have sued to reverse a directive by the state stopping the registration of more churches.
Nadya Atieno and Emmanuel Kevogo say the directive has prevented them from undertaking charitable activities, holding crusades, congregating to worship as members professing the same faith, or carrying out any religious activities due to lack of licensing by the Registrar of Societies.
They claim that in May last year, they presented their proposed church names to the Registrar to conduct a name search. But they were informed by the Registry staff that there was a freeze on the registration of churches until further notice.
The purported “further notice” was an indefinite date issued by Attorney General Githu Muigai through an alleged moratorium on November 11, 2014, barring the registration of religious organisations pending the gazettement of regulations to govern churches.
It is illegal to suspend registration without any legal documentation, they said.
Atieno and Kevogo say the AG’s directive will be prejudicial to them and bar them from operating as a religious organisation.