Kisumu, 05 May, 2023 / 9:18 pm (ACI Africa).
Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu is among the 17 members appointed to the Presidential Taskforce to facilitate the reviewing of the Legal and Regulatory Framework Governing Religious Organizations in Kenya.
The taskforce was established by President William Samoei Ruto on Thursday, May 4 amid investigations into the Shakahola starvation cult in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi in Kilifi County.
According to a Kenya Gazette notice published Friday, May 5, members of the taskforce are expected to "formulate proposals for a framework for the regulation, annual reporting, compliance, monitoring, and enforcement action applicable to all religious organizations including declarations of their governance structures, programs, ministries, and charitable activities."
The taskforce is expected to develop proposals on civil education and an education curriculum that sensitizes Kenyans on how to identify, avoid, or leave cults and similar entities.
Members of the Presidential Taskforce composed of religious leaders, and legal practitioners, among others, are also to come up with mechanisms for the public to report religious extremism and give proposals on the minimum requirements for religious organizations and their leaders to operate in the East African nation.
