This archive report was first published on 16 October 2019.
Published on October 16, 2019, a rift within the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Kenya has deepened, with some churches in Trans Mara seeking to break away from the South East Conference and the South Kenya Conference.
The churches, dissatisfied with the management by the two local conferences, have written to the Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference (NCC) to express their grievances and seek to join the NCC.
According to a letter written by Church Clerk Ruth Marai, the churches are unhappy with the way they are being managed and have decided to delink themselves from the two conferences.
"We are unhappy with the way we are being managed at the two local conferences, hence the move to delink ourselves," read the letter.
Elder Meshack Kipteng from Oloiborosioto Church stated that the need to break away started in February 2018, and their pleas have been ignored. "We have written over five letters, but they have been ignored. We have not had a pastor for over a year now," he said.
The SDA Church has been embroiled in controversy over allegations of tribalism, nepotism, and corruption, with one faction calling for an overhaul of the Church leadership.
