Right Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit of Kericho Diocese is the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya.
Ole Sapit will be a representative of over five million Anglican church faithfuls.
They started arriving in Nairobi Thursday evening for the key function of picking the church’s sixth primate. The election of a new archbishop was conducted ahead of the official exit of Dr Wabukala as the head of the church in Kenya in June.
Those in the race to succeed Wabukala were bishops Moses Masamba Nthuka (Mbere Diocese), James Ochiel (Southern Nyanza Diocese) and Joel Waweru (Nairobi Diocese). Others are Lawrence Dena (Malindi Diocese), Jackson Ole Sapit (Kericho Diocese) and Julius Wanyoike (Thika Diocese).
