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Monday, July 1, 2024

NCCK MEETS THE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING FINANCE BILL PROTESTS

Following weeks of anti finance bill protest dubbed occupy parliament which culminated to protesters breaking into parliament the National council of churches of Kenya NCCK meet the president in statehouse Nairobi and urged the president to withdraw the finance bill 2024.



Speaking in Limuru NCCK Secretary General Reverend Chris Kinyanjui told members of press that they had agreed with the president that KDF will not be deployed,police should cease brutality on protesters,no further blood shed and kenyans should be allowed to peacefully demonstrate and that the president should listen to youths and shape the nation desire.The church body has condoled with the families that lost their loved ones to police bullets and brutality commencing  seven days of mourning from Friday to Sunday July 7th.




Reverend Kinyanjui has called on the speaker of National assembly Moses Wetangula to convene a special sitting of the parliament to respond to the finance bill send back to parliament by the president.Members of parliament ignored the will of the people by passing the bill according to the Secretary General a move that has lead to nation wide protests,loss of life and property.




The NCCK has said it will convene a national conference on national finance and governance and establish youth lead centres of excellence to include the voice of the youths who account to seventy nine percent of kenyas population.

NAIROBI CITY MARATHON AN ATTRACTION TO CITY EXPRESS WAY NOW A POPULAR RACE

The third edition of Nairobi city Marathon took place today in a race that seeks to explore the express way in the city a race t...