Atoo FM Staff visited United Methodist Church in Kakuma 3 under Rev. Amos Nyandwi who invited them to minister during their joint church supervision during their Kenya-Ethiopia annual conference in Kakuma region.
During the visit the team was able to meet and interact with our fans across Turkana west that is; Kakuma town, Kalobeyei settlement, Nadapal, Songot, and all the Kakuma refugee camp.
These fans were unable to hide their joy for meeting their favorite radio presenters and Atoo sifa manager. The aim of this visit was to get their feedbacks as far as our programs are concerned especially those from Transworld Radio-Kenya.
To our surprise, these fans follow every bit of these programs and were able to name them one by one and the hours and days they are aired.
These include: Trauma/kiwewe which airs every Tuesday at 9:00 am which they said has really transformed their lives since they now know how to deal with stress related issues amicably.
On neno litaendelea a program brought to them by Pastor Geoffrey Wanjala Munialo and immediate Former General manager Pamela Omwodo, the fans said it’s one of the best as they get encouraged as they get the true gospel of Jesus Christ through it. Also, they showed concern on it saying it should come a little bit earlier and be repeated at the same time.
Other programs like women of hope, has also gained following as it teaches the women in society how to be productive as they serve God and mankind.
Among them being host church United Methodist Church Kakuma 3, Kakuma 1, Kalobeyei settlement (Village 2 and 3) among other neighboring churches.
More than a thousand congregants were present during our visit. Top church leadership were, Rev. Wilton Odongo, General secretary of Kenya-Ethiopia conference & District superintendent of Nairobi (Chief Guest), Rev. Rosemary Iseren Wandera, District Superintendent of Busia and Ms. Judith Ruth Onyango, Busia District Lay leader.
A section of United methodist church choir members performing a Burundian traditional dance
Children were not left behind as they were happy to comment of their programs like Bible stories alive (BSA) i.e., hadithi hai and Family bible aired every Saturday 8:00 am and 10:00 am respectively, they said they are blessed, encouraged and grow both socially, mentally and spiritually.
Atoo sifa station manager Joshua Juma lead the team in introducing themselves during the visit where he encouraged and commented the church leadership for a warm welcome and inviting us to their church once more. He further went ahead to express his gratitude for on behalf of the station since we were among the guests of honor during the event which saw more than three outlets of the church come together.
The main reason of their visit is to mobilize funds for the Kakuma 3 church and also to award pastors who had undergone training earlier so that they can be ordained as United Methodist church clergy.
The church leadership expressed their gratitude to Atoo Sifa for always standing with them as a ministry and a media outlet in Turkana west and beyond. They also send their greetings to TWR-Kenya through the station manager.
