Kenya: The Bishops – ‘Full Light Must Be Shed On the Deaths of Father Maina and Father Bett’

Nairobi — “We demand a deep inquiry into these deaths, to reveal the real circumstances and motives, to ensure the security and safety of our priests and all Kenyans in the future”. This was requested by Monsignor Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Archbishop of Kisumu and President of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), following the murder of two Catholic priests just days apart.

Father John Ndegwa Maina, parish priest of the church of St Louis in Igwamiti, died in hospital on May 15, from…