The Senate Ad hoc Committee investigating the Shakahola deaths Chairperson Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana during the session at Parliament buildings on June 9, 2023.
Religious leaders have strongly protested against the proposed regulation of their activities by the government and instead called for self-regulation as a strategy for dealing with the proliferation of cults.
The religious leaders drawn from the National Council Churches of Kenya (NCCK), Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK), and the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have also distanced themselves from the Shakahola massacre that has claimed 251 people so far.
