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Methodist Church tells CORD to drop calls for 'ill-timed' referendum

Methodist Church in Kenya Presiding Bishop Joseph Ntombura (right) prays for Rev Joseph Mwenda (left) with his wife Julieta, and Rev Richard Kasaine during their ordination at Ruaraka MCK in Nairobi, Sunday. [PHOTO: PATRICK MUTHURI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Methodist Church in Kenya (MCK) has rejected calls for a national referendum by the Opposition coalition.

The Church, through Presiding Bishop Rev Joseph Ntombura, termed Coalition for Reforms and Democracy's (CORD) demand as ill-timed and causing unnecessary political tension.

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