State seeks to deregister churches run by Makenzi and Odero

An aerial view of Pastor Ezekiel Odero's New Life Prayer Centre and Church, which sits on a 65-acre parcel of land in Mavueni, Kilifi North. [Standard]

Attorney General Justin Muturi has said that the country has 40,000 religious organisations whose records his office plans to digitise so as to monitor their activities.

At the same time, Mr Muturi told a parliamentary committee that a notice of cancellation of the registration certificate has been issued to the Good News International Church led by controversial pastor Paul Makenzi which was registered in September 2010.