Christians want the new constitution to outlaw devil worship and cults whose teachings are a threat to social order.

The current Constitution guarantees the freedom of worship which Satanists have taken advantage of to undermine "mainstream churches", a PCEA cleric said.

The chairman of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa's Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Mr Stephen Kariuki Waweru, said the current Constitution was "very silent about the true God".

"Our National Anthem starts with supplication, but the Constitution hardly refers to God. We need to base our constitution on God's law so that things can work out for the country," he told members of the Nakuru Presbytery's Education Committee at the Nakuru West PCEA Hall yesterday.

The Education Committee chairman, Mr Abraham Kabugi, urged Kenyans to elect God-fearing MPs in the next General Election.

"Kenyans must pray in earnest so that God can give us good leaders," he said.

Mr Kabugi told Kenyans to be wary of people who sought leadership by fanning hatred among different communities. He said Kenyans were one people with similar aspirations and should not allow themselves to be divided along ethnic lines.

Earlier, Mr Waweru said the new constitution should be translated into local languages to enable Kenyans read and understand the document.

Only a few people raised their hands when Mr Waweru waved a copy of the Constitution and asked if any of them had read it.

He said people were harassed by chiefs and the police because they were ignorant of their rights. Mr Waweru is a former chief.

"If a policeman enters your house with a court warrant authorising him to search the house for a gun, he should not demand sale receipts from you to prove that you own a TV, radio or a bicycle," he said.

He added that it was illegal for chiefs to sell people's chickens to raise money for harambee. He, however, regretted that people in the rural areas were ignorant of their rights and continued to give in to such extortion.