This archive report was first published on 9 July 2020.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has given the green light for places of worship to reopen in Kenya, but with strict guidelines and protocols in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
According to Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Chairman of the Inter-Faith Council, each congregation will be required to form a Covid-19 response committee to oversee the implementation of the guidelines.
"The Inter-Faith council now advises that the places of worship may be reopened in the next seven days from Tuesday 14 July 2020. We therefore urge and plead with Kenyans that we open the places of worship in an orderly and prepared way," Bishop Muheria said.
Some of the rules include limiting the number of participants to 100 per worship session, which should not last more than an hour, and excluding persons under 13 years and those above 58 years from attending.
