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A Catholic pilgrim holds up a crucifix and a palm branch during the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem.

A Catholic pilgrim holds up a crucifix and a palm branch during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on March 20, 2016.

Photo credit: AFP

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

What you need to know:

  • As African independent churches grow, the separation of church and state, especially if the ‘prophet’ who heads the church is from the same village as the President, will end

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