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You can't tax our offerings, Churches tell State

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By Stephen Rutto | Sep 17, 2024

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**Bishop Hudson Ndeda, chairman of the Church and Clergy Association of Kenya (center) addressing the media in Nairobi on 14th November 2023.** [File, Standard]

A section of clerics have rejected plans by the government to tax offerings following the release of a report by a taskforce set up by President William Ruto to investigate activities of rogue preachers and cultism.

The 14-member team headed by former Gachoka MP Mutava Musyimi, who was former National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) General Secretary, was established last year after hundreds of people who were followers of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie were found dead in Shakahola, Kilifi County.

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