A section of senior church leaders from central Kenya wants the government to sit down for talks with Mungiki, a banned ultra-traditionalist tribal sect dreaded for bizarre murders, extortion and a campaign to impose circumcision and a strict dress code on women.

A group of Christian religious leaders, including John Cardinal Njue, on Thursday told the government to hold talks with the outlawed Mungiki sect.

Should the Church tell people how to vote? Or leave it to the individual conscience? Even the wrongly informed conscience, misled by a sustained campaign of false propaganda and lies as in Zimbabwe? Put plainly: Is the dictator and his party still a genuine option for a Christian?

The 35th Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will be held here between June 18-20, attended by foreign ministers and businesspeople from Muslim countries.

Formal and informal polygamy remains widespread in Kenya, according to a recent survey, but Catholic lay leaders said sacramental marriage was still intact in the mostly Christian nation.

Some 3,000 people attended the closure of the National Eucharistic Congress with Cardinal Ivan Dias, Special Envoy of the Holy Father, who later proceeded to Djibouti.

Two Catholic sisters were among 15 people who died when a bus and a truck collided on Friday morning.

The Church of Uganda House of Bishops has appointed the Rev. Can. Samuel Kaziimba bishop of Mityana Diocese, while the Rev. canon Patrick Gidudu is for Mbale.

The Office of the Prosecutor General is to carry out DNA test to ascertain whether a city Pastor, Luis Empo Mbayi, fathered the baby of a 16-year old girl.

The Council of Churches in Namibia will enter into partnership with the Government. The church body made this resolution at its annual general meeting recently.

CHURCH leaders at Rehoboth hold the Town Council accountable for the mushrooming of illegal shebeens at the town's Block E residential area.

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration {FCTA}, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo Umar has urged the former Minister of the FCTA, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to exhibit the tenets of a good Moslem, rather than lie and deceive Nigerians having sworn to an oath with the holy Quran.

Multiple award winning Christian worship artiste Chris Tomlin will be in Kampala at the end of May, according to the artiste's website christomlin.com. Tomlin will be part of the Passion Kampala concert that will be held at Makerere University on May 30 and 31.

Uganda is set to host 35th Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) between June 18-20 that will be attended by foreign ministers and business men from Islamic countries including the world's oil producing countries.

Some years back, most men of God were cherished and respected like God the Almighty. Many people felt relieved and even cured of their ailments simply by talking to them. This is when most priests and pastors lived exemplary lives. The profession was a calling. And they dedicated their lives to be true shepherds of God's flock.

Reports monitored yesterday indicate that a certain fake Pastor, who is only known as Joko and his accomplice Akim were desperately on the rampage, deceiving innocent people under the name of salvation.

The Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese of the Methodist Church is to establish a Teacher Training School College at Abura, in the Ahanta West District.

I wish to observe that Mr Mayanja Nkangi is on cue to root for Religious Education (not studies as reported by the press) as a medium of promoting religious moral values that are essential in addressing the ethical value system of Ugandan students.

A Christian based body, the Christian Center for Counseling and Conflict Resolution with C.C.C.R acronym has been established in Kigali to help care for people affected with psychosocial problems as after effects of genocide in Rwanda, RNA has established.

The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has urged its members to collect a special offering for the Basic Income Grant on Pentecost Sunday or on any Sunday in May.

Some Kenyans erroneously believe that Muslims are only found in Coast and the North Eastern provinces. That is why even political parties have always been busy focusing on these regions when addressing Muslim issues.

THE Council of Churches of Namibia (CCN) has expressed "deep concern" over the deteriorating political, security, economic and human rights situation in Zimbabwe, and called on Namibians to pray for that country.

AFTER the shock of Budo Junior School inferno, many would think that the Government is finding solutions to the problem such as hiring school inspectors to enforce safety standards. However, The New Vision of April 28, reported that the Cabinet has proposed that religious studies be taken out of school curriculum.

The United Nations Population Fund this week held a two-day workshop for heads of Christian denominations to build capacity within faith-based organisations for promoting national behavioural change strategy.

RELIGIOUS studies will remain on the primary and secondary schools syllabus, the minister of ethics and integrity said yesterday.