One of the TOT's making a presentation

60% of the women in Korogocho slums still give birth at home, only close to 30 % of the women in Kenya have attained secondary school education, close to half a million children in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, under the ages  of five will succumb before they are five.

The statistics keep staring at us every day and yet people choose to sit and watch as the situations become unbearable. This being an election year, the politicians are bound to visit their constituencies promising deliverables which are never attained but for the sake of vote hunting, the communities listen and follow blindly. Some will even accept the petty cash given to them in order to attend the rallies by the political class which in most cases are usually a popularity contest.

Recently, the OAIC embarked on a capacity building programme that seeks to enhance the Just communities Programme. Trainings were conducted for the Trainers of Trainers (TOT’s) from the various constituencies in Nairobi County who will in turn train mobilizers who seek to empower their communities to stand up for their rights as clearly stipulated in chapter 4 of the constitution in the bill of rights that empowers even the weakest member of society.

In the wake of the new constitutional 

dispensation, a lot still needs to be well thought through in order for the gains in the constitution and moreso the devolution process to be appreciated by all and sundry.

The letter and spirit of the constitution should be adhered to during the implementation process.

The debate on the allocation of the monies that shall go to the county governments is still a hot debate in the country but Kenyans should not lose sight of the issue even as parliament shall have a final say on the same. The Commission on Revenue Allocation still faces stiff challenges as some of the suggestions put forward is meeting varied reactions. 150 billion shillings which is 15% of the budget will be shared equally among the 47 counties.

The Commission has suggested that counties with large populations, high poverty levels as well as those with cosmic land should receive the largest share of the funds. Other counties that shall prove themselves worthy by exemplifying good performance shall get an extra 15% of the fund that goes to the counties if the Commissions suggestions are passed by parliament.

HH Pope Shenouda III and the founding of the OAICPope Shenouda III

As thousands the world over gathered to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the Organisation of African Instituted Churches’ (OAIC) remembers him in a special way; as the founder and patron of the organisation.

The 88 year old Egyptian Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III died on Saturday from old age and complications in health according to his advisor Hany Azizi. He led an estimated 12 million Christians in Egypt, and had recently returned from abroad where he had been seeking medical treatment.

Among many other contributions made by the late Pope to the Coptic Church, was the revival of the Church’s ministry to Black Africa. Despite the early ministry of the Coptic Church in Ethiopia and Nubia, there had been no further outreach within Africa for many centuries.