Row over money shook church in Njue’s early days

Cardinal John Njue displaying copy of his new book titled; Feeling With The Church.The book, launched today at Holy Family Basilica Nairobi and written by journalist Waithaka Waihenya details Njue's long service in the Catholic church. (James Wanzala, Standard)

Disagreements over money threatened to split the Catholic Church in the early days of John Cardinal Njue’s tenure as the Nairobi Archbishop as he pushed through proposals to slash allowances earned by priests and bishops.

Njue took over in Nairobi in 2007 to replace Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki who had just retired.