Friends no more? The power and property wars dividing Quaker Church

Nairobi Yearly Meeting General Superitendant Rev John Davis Webere and the Deputy GS Pastor Nathan Lihanda during an interview with the Standard. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Friends Church (Quakers), under the Nairobi Yearly Meeting (NYM), has come under scrutiny following leadership wrangles that threaten to divide membership.

At the heart of the dispute, The Standard has established, lies power struggles between the church secretariat—tasked with managing overall operations—and leaders of one of its prominent local meetings, Friends International Centre (FIC).