Catholic Missions

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Catholic Mission Paper The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America is known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. They have worked in Africa since 1946. The Maryknoll Missioners are Catholic Priests and Brothers from the U.S. Maryknolls workers devote themselves in hospital ministry, university and seminary education. They have committed themselves to a lifelong service to mission outside of their home in the U.S. At first it was directed to share the Good News of the Lord with people in Tanzania and Kenya. But now they help seven other African countries as well. They believe that every human being in any culture has the right to hear the Good News of the Lord in people's acts and in their words. Through the ministries of their words and actions, Maryknoll in Africa shares the message of God's Love with all people.

The Government in Kenya is set us as a Republic Party.

Their Independence was declaired on December 12, 1963, and their constitution was written in 1963. Their government is set up in three branches they are Executive, Legeslative, and Judicial. In their executive branch they have their president who is the chief of state, head of government, and the commander in chief of the armed forces. In the Legeslative branch are the uncameral National Assembly(parliament). And in the Judicial branch is the Court of Appeal, the High Court, and the other various lower courts. In the Administrative subdivision there are 63 districts, joined t oform seven rural provences. The Nairobi area has a special status. Their political parties consist of forty-one registered political parties. The Ruling Party, and the kenya Africa National Union.

Their political conditions right now are all right. Since their independence, Kenya has maintained remarkable stability despite the changes in its political system and crises in neighboring...