PRESS   RELEASE.

November 23, 2009.

From Nyanza Council of Church Leaders comprising of 240 Churches.

WE as Interdenominational Church leaders from Nyanza Province would like to support the committee of Experts on the constitution, for a job well done.

As Men of God, we would like to take this early and utmost opportunity to make an impassioned appeal to all Kenyans to fully rally behind the harmonized Draft and support it.

At the same time we agree with sections of the Draft that seeks to whittle down some powers of the t President.

It is for the simple reason that Kenyans have for many years suffered and had immense problems at the hands of an imperial head of state..

As people who talk when driven with the spirit of God, we are humbled to submit that Presidential Powers should be devolved in the direction of the Prime Minister.

As members of the Nyanza council of Church leaders, we feel that the ongoing debate on the harmonized draft is healthy, but should not be narrowed down to individual parties or groups.

The stand taken over the weekend by a number of leaders, that the Draft should not be trivialized around parties or individuals, is quite in order.

The church fraternity in the country, including ourselves, is perplexed by rules given out by the Minister for environment, John Michuki, over noise.

Our stand is that the rules are repugnant and an affront to our faiths, and do not promote the freedom of worship, that is enshrined in the constitution of the republic of Kenya.

The rules should be suspended henceforth since it negates the very principals that are enshrined in the constitution.

We need the noise in order to target the modern youths. During the time of prophets and even John the Baptist, they preached outside with noise. We totally disagree with the Minister to return us to dark days.  Soviet Union and Eastern Germany, they banned Churches from preaching outside,  and plunged their Countries to poverty far worse, Compared to America and Britain.

Signed By:

Bishop Dr. Washington Ogonyo Ngede. H.S.C.

CHAIRMAN NYANZA COUNCIL OF CHURCH LEADERS.