KENYA: KCCB appoints a Deputy General Secretary
New Deputy General Secretary of KCCB Rev. Fr. Lukas Ongesa (center) being introduced by KCCB General Secretary Rev. Fr. Daniel Rono (right) to Waumini Communications Ltd. Director Mr. David Omwoyo (left)
The Permanent Council of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appointed Rev. Fr. Lucas Ongesa Manwa, from the Diocese of Kisii, as the Deputy General Secretary (DGS).
According to a Memo signed by the General Secretary Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Rono, Fr. Ongesa joined the secretariat in the month of June, 2016.
(center) being introduced by KCCB General Secretary
Rev. Fr. Daniel Rono (right) to Waumini
Communications Ltd. Director Mr. David Omwoyo (left)
Fr. Rono in his letter copied to the KCCB Chairman Rt. Rev. Philip Anyolo and Principal Administrator Rt. Rev. John Oballa Owaa, requested the employees of the Catholic Secretariat to accord the new DGS maximum support and assistance in his new assignment.
During the official introduction to the KCCB departments and to the staff members, Fr. Ongesa expressed delight and gratitude to the Bishops for appointing him to work at the secretariat and also to the employees for warm welcome. He also called for collaboration and commitment for the good of all the people of God and of true witness to the gospel.
Ordained in the year 2001, Fr. Lucas Ongesa has served as a Parish Priest at Kisii Cathedral and Our Lady of Perpetua Ichuni Parish. In 2011 he went to Pontifical Lateran University in Rome for further studies which he completed in February, 2016.
By Rose Achiego, Waumini Communications, KCCB
