This archive report was first published on 5 July 2020.
On July 5, 2020, a group of churches in Kenya, led by the Pentecostal Alliance of Kenya (PAK), urged the government to provide support for independent churches to reopen alongside mainstream ones.
PAK, comprising over 2,000 individual member churches, was formed to cater for smaller churches not under the big religious umbrella bodies like the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Evangelical Alliance (EAK).
PAK chairman, Bishop Jonah Kariuki, called on President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to work together for the unity of the country and provide a roadmap for reopening places of worship.
The alliance expressed concerns that some pre-conditions for reopening churches, such as buying disinfectant booths, cannot be met by small churches without government support.
