Kenya: Don't Kill Our Reform Dream, Churches Urged

Nairobi — The Church on Sunday came under increasing pressure to drop its threat to block Kenya's draft constitution during the referendum.

Clerics have threatened to mobilise millions of the faithful to vote against the draft because it objects to the clauses on abortion and kadhi's courts. On Sunday, President Kibaki led politicians, lawyers, and lobby groups in asking the Church not to frustrate Kenyans' long quest for a new constitution.

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