Pastor Kanyari Instructs Congregants to Pay KSh 300 Registration Fees if They Need Help

• To be officially recognised as church members, Pastor Victor Kanyari's congregants now have to pay a monthly fee
• The registration fee is tied to eligibility for personal help and private meetings with the pastor, as explained in a viral video
• Kanyari refused to meet non-members privately or offer financial help unless they are registered members

Pastor Victor Kanyari, founder of the Salvation Healing Church, has elicited mixed reactions after announcing that congregants must pay a KSh 300 registration fee to be officially recognised as church members.

The controversial move was announced during a recent service, where Kanyari informed attendees that only those who pay the fee will be eligible for his personal assistance and support.

Why are Pastor Kanyari's congregants required to pay KSh 300?

Kanyari explained that the fee would ensure that only true members of the church, those committed to the community, would receive his help.

Read also

Tanzania's air ticket levy: Kenyans perturbed by Suluhu's move to raise fees, share mixed reactions

"Everybody must register with KSh 300. Don't come and demand a private meeting with me in my office. I won't meet you. You can't come here to ask for a loan of KSh 20,000 or KSh 30,000 and you're not my congregant. If you need a loan, we will question your church. If you're a Catholic, go back to Catholic and ask for help there. You're not my friend, go and ask for help from your friends," he stated.

He added that individuals not registered in his church should seek help from their original places of worship.

The KSh 300 registration fee is required to be renewed monthly, with Kanyari noting that even banks have operating procedures, and one can't expect immediate assistance without commitment.

"You can’t register today and ask for help the next day with just KSh 300. Even banks don’t operate like that," he said.

Read also

Homa Bay residents say Nyandiwa Hospital has never served them despite getting SHA millions

Kenyans react to Kanyari's demands

jackmah:

"Why 300? What is the secret in 300sh and Kanyari??? Why not 500 or 200 or 400? Why always 300?"

freddiemwemah:

"It's true. You have to register to be a member."

Peter Ngonii:

"Just imagine he gets over 300,000 per month from the registration alone."

Stan Lee Papah:

"One of the reasons I stopped not only going to Church but also believing in God, the God of our colony."

johnjasminemakau:

"People in this church are wonders by themselves. How do they reason?"

Jennings Otieno:

"Have never seen a church where people register to become a church member and you renew their church membership after the end of the month."

Gabriel Kibui Njeri:

"KSh 3600 for a year. Assume we have 2000 believers. Very rich man indeed. Zero taxation, zero taxation!!"

Livingstone Domiano:

"That's true registration si kitu mbaya but should not be a huge amount."

Read also

Sorrow as man allegedly kills girlfriend, goes on livestream while beside her body to rant

kadii:

"That's the bitter truth, the church needs to know its members and all churches do this."

What did Pastor Kanyari say about late sister Starlet Wahu?

Separately, the preacher shared an emotional story about his late sister, Starlet Wahu, during a church service.

He discussed how his mother had hoped to spend her old age with Wahu before she was tragically murdered in January 2024.

Reflecting on his own family, Kanyari advised his followers not to put all their hopes in their children.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke