Formal education will not cure ills in church or society

Education CS Amina Mohammed and her counterpart Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang. [File, Standard]

My strong admiration for Rwanda is not any matter of conjecture. Under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, Rwanda has become a veritable proof that Africans are not dimwits whose only capacity is to destroy whatever they oversee.

With strong but incremental steps, the nation has been structured into functioning systems where almost everything works and works well. Thus, in an apparent move to bring order and accountability to the religious sector, it is reported that a new law will require potential pastors to possess at least a degree before they can plant a church.