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Preachers who run unregistered organisations risk three years in jail

Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana. [File, Standard]

Clerics who run unregistered religious organisations risk a Sh5 million fine, three years in jail, or both if a new bill seeking to regulate religious organisations is passed by the Senate.

The Religious Organisations Bill 2024 provides for a regulatory framework, tough conditions for registration and harsh punishment for rogue operators of religious organisations after the country was jolted by the Shakahola deaths.

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