wfn.org | KENYA: UPDATE FROM THE CHURCH

[Audrey Whitefield <a.whitefield@quest.org.uk>]

Sept. 5, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Diredtor of Communications
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.9.1.2]

KENYA:  UPDATE FROM THE CHURCH
(ACNS) Following reports of unrest in parts of Kenya, ACC staff  
contacted the Provincial Headquarters  of the Anglican Church in Kenya.
The Revd Canon Enos Z Ashimala, the Provincial Secretary, sent this
report on 3 September:

"At the present time the Church of the Province of Kenya (Anglican) is
stable and enjoying its peace.  That does not exclude the recent past
where you heard of the chase and attack of worshippers at the All
Saints'Cathedral in Nairobi, which left a number of people bleeding from
the beatings and injuries inflicted by the police.  We later heard of an
apology from them (the police). Following this the Archbishop later
conducted a ceremony and service of cleansing.  This brought back to
normal the events of the Cathedral which had stopped for sometime.

"But there has been some uprising and turmoil at the coast - Likoni, a
place in Mombasa, where some unknown assailants attacked villagers by
shooting and killing people.  They also attacked a Police Station where
they shot and killed a number of policemen. They burnt down the Police
Station.  A few days later the thugs returned and shot bullets into a
Catholic Church where a number of people had taken refuge. This
situation is now under control by the Kenya Government, and the suspects
have been arrested and charged. But most schools in this violence-hit
area in Mombasa and Kwale remained closed for the third day since the
beginning of this term."