The general assembly is highest governance organ in the NCCK that meets once every three years to elect new officials,this saw Reverend Dr. Elias Agola from presbyterian church elected as the new chairman of NCCK for a period of three years and Bishop Dr. John Okinda of pentecostal Evangelical Fellowship of Africa as the vice chair person. The general assembly brought together delegates from member Churches and organizations across the country.
Speaking during the end of the general assembly Secretary General of NCCK Canon Chris Kinyanjui has called on the Kenyan government to restore sanity in the education sector by addressing confusion surrounding competence Based Education (CBC) which include transition to grade nine , availability of facilities and teachers in public primary schools.
The NCCK has further Called on collapse of all scholarships and bursaries which total to close to hundred billion into a tuition fund to ensure education of free for all and end corruption and wastage of public funds by officials.
There is need to review the proposed University education funding model that makes education a preserve of the rich according to Reverend canon kinyanjui this model should be subjected to public participation to have a structure that benefits all qualified Kenyans.
The general assembly has called on the government not to push school going children to register on the social Health Insurance (SHIF) through a backdoor to the scheme which Kenyans have opposed and don't understand.The churches have demanded withdrawal of the circular issued to regional county directors of education and instead carry out comprehensive public participation.
Among partinent issues discussed in the assembly that need to be addressed by government of Kenya include quick reconstitution of IEBC, independent investigations of extra judicial killings during the Gen z lead protests and comprehensive address to climate change.
