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How botched sale of Sh150m city land fuelled SDA battles

By Geoffrey Mosoku | 6yrs ago

FROM LEFT: Chairman of Nairobi Central SDA Church Sammy Masara, Dr Enock Kinara, Executive Secretary and director Humphrey Macharia address the press on August 14 at a Nairobi hotel. [File,Standard]

A failed disposal of a Sh150 million plot in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa area in 2015 ignited the current wrangles witnessed at the Nairobi Central SDA church.

The church failed to sell off the half an acre parcel of land, after claims of fraud and misrepresentation were made against some church officials.

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