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Of Wanjiru's woes and unholy alliance between Church and State

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru (centre) is assisted to walk after being accosted during the demolition of her church. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru's public spat with authorities brings to the fore the age-old question of whether or not the Church and State ought to be separate.

The good bishop is not only the leader of her church but also a former MP, an aspirant in past gubernatorial and senatorial races, and a proponent of the ruling Kenya Kwanza administration's policies.

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