Kenya religion

The predominant religion in Kenya is Kenya is a Statistics [ ] Census figures from 2009 and 2019: Census figures [ ] Religions in Kenya by Census Religion 2009 2019 Protestant unknown 33.42% Catholicism 23.46% 20.6% Evangelicalism – 20.44% Muslim 11.21% 10.86% African Instituted Churches – 6.97% Other Christian 11.87% 3.67% No Religion 2.4% 1.6% Other Religions 1.45% 0.99% Traditional 1.65% 0.68% Orthodox – 0.43% Hindu 0.14% 0.13% Buddhism 0.16% 0.16% Total 100% 100% Christianity [ ] Roman Catholicism was first brought to [ citation needed] Kenya has by far the highest number of The Other statistically significant non-Catholic and non-Protestant movements include the As of the end of 2019, Due to the proposed law of right to worship, there have been tremendous increase in number of churches in the country recently. A 2015 study estimates some 70,000 Christian believers from a Muslim background in the country, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism. Islam [ ] African religions are typically based on natural phenomena and reverence to ancestors. The dead are presumed to merely transform into another state of being and capable of bringing good fortune or calamity to the living. Most religious rites are therefore centred on appeasing the dead through sacrifices and proper burial rites. The dead's wishes must also be followed to the letter. Followers of traditional Kikuyu religion believe Ngai resides on The Hinduism [ ] • ^ a b c d e f g (PDF). Kenya National Bur...

Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), gather to exhume bodies of suspected followers of a Christian cult named as "Good News International Church", who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya May 9, 2023. REUTERS NAIROBI, June 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church, led by Paul Mackenzie, who is accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could go to heaven before the end of the world. A total of 303 people have now died after 19 bodies were exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola forest in the country's southeast. More than 600 people are still reported missing, regional official Rhoda Onyancha said. Investigators last week expanded their search to cover a wider area in the region to try to account for more victims. Around 65 rescued followers of the self-styled pastor were charged with attempted suicide on Monday after they refused to eat between June 6 and June 10 during their stay at a rescue centre, local media reported. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki expressed concern last month that some of Mackenzie's rescued followers were refusing food. One of them had died,...

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• Christianity dominates the population of Kenya, with almost half of Kenyans identifying as Protestant. • Before the arrival of Christianity and Islam, the different Indigenous tribes had their own religious beliefs. • Less than 5% of the population says they are atheist or do not believe in a higher power. Kenya is a country in East Africa. The equator runs through the country. Kenya borders five countries including Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, and South Sudan. The most common religion in Kenya is Christianity. However, Islam also has a significant presence. Other religions in the country include Hinduism and traditional African religions.Islam and Christianity were both brought into the country from outside — Islam by Arabs, and Christianity by Europeans. Kenya natives had their indigenous religions that were unique to every community before the arrival of Islam and Christianity. Salient features of traditional African Religions include reverence for the ancestors, awareness of the physical world and physical phenomena, and ritual sacrifices. Today Africans who practice these indigenous faiths are the minority. Religious Beliefs In Kenya Religious Freedoms and Inter-Religious Tolerance The Constitution of Kenya, along with other laws of Kenya, prohibits the discrimination of people because of their religious beliefs and protects their religious freedoms. It gives people the freedom to worship, practice, observe, or teach any religion, as well as the freedom to d...

KENYA Religion Religion About two-thirds of the Kenyan population profess some form of Christianity and are members of one of the many denominations. Roman Catholics form the most important group (approx. 27%) and there are also Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Quakers (approx. 38%). There are also many secular communities, often split-offs and new mixtures of Christian and traditional religions, often with only one charismatic leader. Holy Ghost catholic church Mombasa, Kenya Photo: Zahra Abdulmajid Pentecoastal church in Mombasa, Kenya Photo: Daryona Indigenous religions vary considerably by ethnic group, although one or a few gods often play a major role. Certain rites and sorcery are still common. Ancestor worship still plays a major role in all believers. Through mediums, often medicine men or tribal elders, people try to get in touch with the ancestors and ask for help. Besides a god who created everything, many good and evil spirits and demons are known. Animism with trees and mountains as sacred sites also still plays an important role. The Kikuyu religion is centered around the supreme god Ngai, who also plays a major role by other peoples. Ngai is said to live on the top of Mount Kenya and many sacrifices are made at the base of the mountain. Turkana medicin woman in Marti, Kenia Photo: Christopher haslett Gourd container used for divination Photo: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z3x9vdtp About 3% of the Kenyan population is Muslim. The Muslim...

Two Kikuyu women dancing in traditional dress. One Kenyan who has re-engaged with her community’s traditions was surprised to discover that the culture was matrilineal and sexually liberal. Photograph: Frantisek Staud/Alamy Two Kikuyu women dancing in traditional dress. One Kenyan who has re-engaged with her community’s traditions was surprised to discover that the culture was matrilineal and sexually liberal. Photograph: Frantisek Staud/Alamy W airimu Mukuru started sharing TikTok videos about Kikuyu culture earlier this year. Within months, the 26-year-old had gained more than 60,000 followers and received at least 1m views of her videos, where she talks about her ethnic group’s traditional practices and beliefs on topics such as mental health and sex. Mukuru, a Kikuyu language teacher, is one of a small but growing number of Kenyans from the country’s largest ethnic group, the Agīkūyū, who are trying to revive precolonial cultural and spiritual practices. The belief systems were suppressed and marginalised during British colonial rule in the 19th century, and as Christianity became more entrenched. Wairimu Mukuru started sharing TikTok videos about Kikuyu culture this year. Photograph: TikTok “Westernisation was entangled with Christianity,” says King’ori wa Kanyi, a member of the Agīkūyū Council of Elders. “A good African convert had to take a European name, dress like a European and visit the clinic instead of the herbalist.” About “There’s a new kind of Pentecostalis...