Editor's Review

The church was deregistered after members unanimously dissolved it in an AGM Meeting held on December 3.

The deregistration of Kings Outreach Church on Friday, according to the Kenya Gazette Notice, has caused speculations on why the Church was deregistered.

At a time when the country is witnessing tougher regulations of churches after the Shakahola tragedy that saw hundreds of people dead, some reports erroneously and maliciously linked the closure of Kings Outreach Church to cultism.

Senior Archbishop Major Gen. (Rtd) George Kyaka has however dismissed the claims and clarified that the closure of the church is not a result of any illegality

"In that AGM at the end of the year 2022, it was resolved to dissolve and deregister King's Outreach Church. It is based on that AGM Resolution that Kings Outreach Church was deregistered and therefore the deregistration of Kings Outreach Church has nothing to do with Shakahola," Senior Archbishop Major Gen. (Rtd) George Kyaka.

Faithfuls at a church service.

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He explained that the church was incurring extra costs hence the need to dissolve it to enhance operational efficiency.

"The resolution was due to counsel from the registrar of societies to ease operations like filing of returns and administration. This decision was reached way before Shakahola happened," he added.

Documents accessed by this Write showed that the Church was closed following an annual General Meeting held on December  3, 2022.

In the document, Dissolution of Kings Outreach Church was listed as agenda three of the meeting.

The first resolution of the meeting read:

"Agenda to Dissolve King's Outreach Church abiding with the provision of its constitution was read before the members. Members present Unanimously approved the process of dissolution to commence."