
KEMU University with a population of 8000 students is one of the properties belonging to the Church and the retired Bishops want to sell to a local University in the country. PHOTO/ CORRESPONDENT

Constitutional lawyer Danstan Omari (right ) together with the presiding Bishop Joseph Ntombura arrive for the press briefing at Methodist Church Nairobi County Kenya. PHOTO / CHRIS OJOW

Methodist Church fight to protect it’s properties. PHOTO / CORRESPONDENT

Methodist Church through Kenyan Constitutional Lawyer Danstan Omari will file an application to stop retired old Bishops from acquiring the properties of the wealthiest Church in the World. PHOTO / CHRIS OJOW
By Chris Ojow
Methodist Church a global house of
Christ based in Kenya, has had several
challenges of leadership wrangles
spanning for a very long time over the
management of it’s wealthiest
properties.
Where the current leadership are under
pressure to surrender the church
properties to bully former leadership
gangs for sale to the highest bidder.
Several attacks bordering on criminal
nature have been instigated against the
current leadership of the Church being
led by the Presiding Bishop, Joseph
Ntombura who at one time escaped death
narrowly, following alleged assassin’s
storming the said premise at the center
of the storm, taking everybody hostage
and inquiring on the whereabout of the
Bishop incharge, with a mission that he
surrenders the properties of the church
to alleged old retired Bishops who are
well known and a complaint reported at
the nearby Police Station .
The presiding Bishop of Methodist Church
in Kenya. Bishop Joseph Ntombura
instructed a Constitutional lawyer,
Danstan Omari to file application
before High Court seeking orders to stop
the retired Bishops from illegally
taking over the management of the Church
properties.
While addressing members of the fourth
Estate. Bishop Joseph appealed to the
State to offer him security since his
life is in danger , for being firm
against the illegal takeover of the
management of the Church properties
including KEMU University.
It is alleged that the greedy and much
ambitious old retired Bishops who are
against the Church holding annual
general meeting , through their private
arrangements allegedly received an offer
from local university in the Country to
sell Methodist Church Properties to the
said University at a cost of over one
billion .
An illegal sale agreement which the
current management is not aware off and
at no given time they have never planed
or considered to sell the assets of the
Church , which was established in the
Country in year 1862 by British
Citizens faithfuls , and spread it’s
branches within the Country and
established several income generating
businesses to assist in the running of
the church programs within the entire
African Continent.
Methodist church in Kenya is a very
wealthy Christian religion organization
with several assets spread within the
Country , where the profit generated
from the resources are used used for
nurturing youth talents , sponsoring
religious activities and assisting the
needy World-wide.
Methodist University initiated in the
year 1997 is a chartered Christian
University with the main campuses
situated in Nairobi, Mombasa and Meru
and is offering various causes like
pharmacy, surgery, school of education,
journalism, school of economics and
school of science.
The presiding Bishop during a press
briefing that the great institution
belongs to the church and not
individuals, and it will continue to
admit and graduate students. As the
current office holders raised the
standards of the university, after
conducting a forensic audit .
Through their Lawyer , they seek to
protect the church property, and stop
the region church branches from braking.
Methodist church is a global church and
very rich in property ownership .
The church has helped to stop the
illegal exercise of female genital
exercise. and also assisted communities
undergoing several challenges to
overcome through financial assistance.
The church also cares for the youth and
takes part in nurturing talents among
the youth to be great future prominent
personalities
As the youth strongly condemned the
ugly situation currently happening in
their church headquarters in Nairobi.
The Church through their Lawyer Danstan
Omari vowed to defend takeover of
properties , even
if it means going to the supreme court
to protect the properties of the church
from being surrendered to alleged
greedy well organised criminal gangs,
the former managers who are retired
Bishops.
The Church also warned the former
retired Bishops that they risk being
sued by their individual names.
The current leadership through their
Constitutional lawyer Danstan Omari
urged all Churches in the Country to
condemn the actions of the retired old
Bishops who are well known by their
names to stop interfering with the
current management of the wealthiest
globally recognized church.
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