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At 41, Maurice Muhatia Makumba becomes not only the youngest Catholic bishop in Kenya, but also the first to be picked from an educational institution to head the volatile diocese of Nakuru. Fr Makumba was born at Lirhanda village, Kakamega District, in 1968. After completing secondary school at St Charles Lwanga, he joined St Mary’s Major Seminary. He then went to Rome, Italy, where he obtained a bachelors degree at Urbaniana Pontifican University and a masters in philosophy at Pontifical Holy Cross University. He was ordained priest on October 15, 1994. |
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