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against people who are atheists in Kenya. A Gallup poll conducted in 2012 found that 90% of Kenyans considered themselves "a religious person", 9% considered themselves "a non religious person", while 1% define themselves as "a convinced atheist", placing Kenya in the top 10 religious populations in the world.
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In the 2019 Census, 755,750 people reported themselves as having "no religion". This is 1.6% of the total, making this group larger than the groups reporting themselves as traditionalists, Hindus, or other religion. 73,253, 0.16%, reported that they did not know their religion. There is a stigma
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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
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In 2023, the country scored 2 out of 4 for religious freedom; this was mainly due to Shabaab terror threats against Christians and consequential intimidation of local Muslims. Most of these incidents have taken place in the north-east of the country.
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Present in Kenya since 1945, almost 1% of the population follows this faith. In the 1990s the Baháʼís in Kenya participated in a nationwide community health project including vaccinations, maintaining latrines, and developing clean water sources.
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in Nairobi and elsewhere. The religions subsiding in Kenya do not display the distinctions between the 42 cultures. They mainly display the traditions of the larger "umbrella" cultures.
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There are ethnically Gujarati Hindus living in Kenya. The numbers are estimated to be around 60,287 people or 0.13% of the population. They are mainly located in the capital of Kenya,
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and say their prayers facing the mountain. Followers of the traditional Mijikenda religion have their holy shrines in the forests where they offer sacrifices and pray.
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A 2015 study estimated there to be some 70,000 Christian believers from a Muslim background in the country, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism.
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Nairobi Buddhist Vihara/Temple is the main centre of Buddhism in Kenya. Nairobi Vihara conducts missions and meditation programs to promote Buddhism in Kenya.
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Since 1999, Buddhism has grown in Kenya. There are more than 1000 Buddhists in Kenya. Buddhism is also one of the fastest growing religions in Kenya.
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Due to the proposed law of the right to worship, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of churches in the country recently.
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has over 200,000 members making it the third largest Orthodox Church in Sub-Saharan Africa (after the Oriental Orthodox
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has several mosques and a notable Muslim population. There are large and historically significant populations of
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made up 20.6% of the population, about 9.7 million Kenyans. In the same year, over 60% of Kenyans identified as
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tribes also have significant numbers of persons adhering exclusively to traditional African religions.
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Pravoslavie.ru (St. Barnabas Orthodox Mission Kenya). 16 May 2016.Retrieved: 7 February 2017.
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sacrifices and proper burial rites. The dead's wishes must also be followed to the letter.
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claimed more than 14,000 members in 54 official congregations in Kenya. There are also five
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in Nairobi, with it still in the planning stages, as of early 2021. The church has two
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Other statistically significant non-Catholic and non-Protestant movements include the
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is the religion of 10.91 percent of the population. Most Muslims in Kenya are
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Followers of the traditional Kikuyu religion believe Ngai resides on
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and freedom of religion is enshrined in the nation's constitution.
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in Kenya, along with an employment resource centre in Nairobi.
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among others. An estimated 30-35% of Kenya's population are
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of the church and current president of the Africa Central
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of any country in the world, with around 119,285 members.
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practitioners. Muslims are concentrated mainly in the
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Holy Ghost Cathedral, Mombasa
Christianity
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Kenya
Kenya
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traditional religions
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Anglican Church of Kenya
Africa Inland Mission
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Presbyterian Church of East Africa

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