Ken Kagicha

Deputy Africa Editor

Ken Kagicha has over 12 years of experience working as a reporter and editor for print, broadcast and digital news platforms in Kenya.

Articles by Ken Kagicha

7 May, 2025 07:45 EDT

Africa Religious Freedom Church & Missions

New committee seeking to 'preserve dignity and maintain order' renews debate on religious regulation in South Africa

By Ken Kagicha

South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) announced the establishment of an independent committee that aims to ensure the country's religious sector preserves its dignity and maintains order.
4 May, 2025 14:20 EDT

Africa Society & Culture

African religious leaders intensify calls for debt cancellation as part of the 2025 Jubilee year campaign

By Ken Kagicha

Religious leaders from Africa have intensified their call for cancellation of the continent's crippling private debt and fundamental reforms to the global financial system. In a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary and the Treasury, African Anglican Bishops warned that the unsustainable debt has inflicted "immense suffering" to millions in the continent.
2 May, 2025 06:55 EDT

Africa Family & Children

Families not facilities: Kenya at crossroads as MPs, churches raise concerns about feasibility of government's plan to close orphanages

By Ken Kagicha

The Kenyan Senate has questioned the government's ambitious plan to phase out nearly 1,000 children's homes nationwide urging caution and demanding clarity on the strategy for vulnerable populations. The Senate's push-back comes amidst divided opinion on the best course of action of improving the lives of orphans, homeless and vulnerable children.
28 Apr, 2025 07:45 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

Youth initiative in Nairobi curate worship experience through painting at unique events

By Ken Kagicha

In one of the student neighbourhoods in Kenya's bustling capital, Nairobi, is a growing community of young believers exploring ways of expressing their Christian faith through painting and worship.
11 Apr, 2025 00:10 EDT

Africa Religious Freedom

Four Nigerian governors accused of alleged complicity in Fulani jihadist attacks against Christians, face international isolation campaign

By Ken Kagicha

A Nigerian human rights and advocacy group has accused four governors in South-East Nigeria for their alleged inaction in preventing religious violence. In a report released on April 3, 2025, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (InterSociety) blamed Governors Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Francis Nwaifuru of Ebonyi State and Hope Uzodinma of Imo State for what it calls “conspiracy of silence and inaction maintained by their governments.”
7 Apr, 2025 12:43 EDT

Africa Europe Religious Freedom

EU discusses attacks targeting Christians in DRC, outlines sanctions against responsible individuals and entity as well as Rwanda

By Ken Kagicha

Reports of targeted attacks against Christian communities and the persistent destabilizing influence of armed groups, have led to urgent debates within the European Parliament and renewed commitments from the EU to support peace and security in the region.
1 Apr, 2025 11:45 EDT

Africa Society & Culture Church & Missions

Innovative program counters physical and spiritual poverty in West Africa: improving nutrition and generating income for evangelism

By Ken Kagicha

A West African organisation is working with local churches and rural communities in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to support small-scale farmers in the production of cereals, diversifying nutritional intake and boosting incomes in a region increasingly facing climate change challenges.
22 Mar, 2025 07:52 EDT

Africa Family & Children

From an orphanage in Sierra Leone to family-care: Emmanuel Nabs calls on Christians to rethink care for vulnerable children

By Ken Kagicha

For a man who spent his better part of his childhood in an orphanage in Sierra Leone, it would be safe to assume that Emmanuel Mohamed Nabieu, fondly known as Nabs, would be a passionate advocate of orphanages. But from his decade-long experience in a children’s care centre and now as Director of the same center where he grew up in, Nabs believes there is a better and more sustainable model of supporting vulnerable children.
21 Mar, 2025 09:25 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

A community in Kenya went to extreme lengths to find water for baptism after 68 surrendered their lives to Christ

By Ken Kagicha

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in this vast and arid region. The community living in Turkana County in Northern Kenya often walk up to 3 hours to the nearest water point, mainly boreholes, wells and springs. Despite the challenges of finding water in the area, a group of evangelists and community members were determined to have a water
19 Mar, 2025 06:15 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

African women have been underrepresented in Church leadership but this is changing, says Seble Daniel, WEA Womens lead

By Ken Kagicha Timothy Goropevsek

The rapid growth and vibrant pulse of the African church is often powered by the unwavering faith and tireless commitment of women, sometimes constituting up to 90% of congregants in some churches. Yet, this numerical strength often stands in stark contrast to their representation in leadership, a reality that Dr. Seble Daniel grapples with in her role as the executive director for the Women's Commission at the World Evangelical Alliance.
14 Mar, 2025 06:30 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

Over 4,000 commit to follow Jesus at ‘Encountering God’ gathering in Ethiopia as Franklin Graham proclaims the 'unchanging Gospel'

By Ken Kagicha

Sixty-five years after his father, the late Billy Graham, first preached in Addis Ababa, Franklin Graham returned to the Ethiopian capital for a two-day evangelistic outreach on March 8-9 dubbed "Encountering God," drawing hundreds of thousands and witnessing over 4,000 commitments to Jesus Christ.
6 Mar, 2025 23:55 EST

Africa Church & Missions Education

Africa's Church growth outstrips theological training capacity, sparking innovative solutions, ACTEA head says

By Ken Kagicha Timothy Goropevsek

The Christian landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the center of gravity shifting decisively towards the Global South, particularly Africa. This unprecedented Church growth presents both immense opportunities and considerable challenges, especially for theological education.

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