Embakasi: KBC Journalist Irene Muchuma Sues Church for Noise Pollution, Operating Without License

Embakasi: KBC Journalist Irene Muchuma Sues Church for Noise Pollution, Operating Without License

  • Media personality Irene Muchuma is embroiled in a bitter row with Thomas Nzioki of Jesus of Victory Worship Centre in Embakasi
  • Muchuma accuses the clergyman's church of extreme noise pollution which has made it difficult for her small baby to sleep, and her rental houses can't keep tenants
  • She also added that the church is operating in the estate without proper registration and paperwork

Journalist Irene Muchuma has sued Thomas Nzioki of Jesus of Victory Worship Centre for noise pollution and operating a church that in not registered.

Muchuma in a news presenter at KBC.
Muchuma accuses the church of noise pollution, which is against the environmental laws. Photos: Irene Muchuma.
Source: UGC

The presenter at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) complained that the centre operates within the estate and makes extreme noise for residents.

Being a landlady in Tassia-Embakasi, her houses have struggled to retain tenants because most of them cannot keep up with the deafening noise.

Muchuma says church is frustrating her

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Speaking to TUKO.co.ke's Hillary Lisimba, Muchuma revealed that her efforts to find an amicable solution have not been fruitful.

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As a result of the noise, her three-month-old baby has encountered difficulties in getting sleep, which is taking a toll on both of them.

"They are frustrating me because they believe they have money to throw their weight around," she lamented.

Given that she feels hard-done, Muchuma has chosen to go legal adding that the continued operation of the church is dangerous and harmful to the children in the estate.

Muchuma is a landlady in Embakasi.
Muchuma wants the court to compel the church to stop noise pollution.
Source: UGC

Church operating illegally, Muchuma

The petitioner, through her lawyer Suyianka Lempaa, also claims that Nzioki has been illegally operating an unregistered church since 2014.

In court documents seen by TUKO.co.ke, Muchuma says she wants an injunction to stop the operations of the church.

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According to her, the church plays loud music regardless of whether there are congregants or not.

“Our right to a peaceful environment has been violated and continues to be violated for which we hold the defendant liable,” she complained.

The defendant appeared before justice Samson Okongo and was directed to issue an affidavit within 14 days, with the hearing scheduled for September 22.

Ng'ang'as land woes

Elsewhere, controversial Nairobi pastor James Ng'ang'a has been at loggerheads with Kenya Railways over the piece of land on which his church sits.

According to the government agency, the cleric acquired the land illegally and should vacate unless he is able to provide documents of acquisition.

Ng'ang'a, however, maintains that he bought the property from the bank after the individual who had used it as collateral defaulted on a loan.

Neno Evangelism Centre is located along Haile Selassie avenue in Nairobi next to Kenya Railways.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke

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