History

Christ the King Parish began in 1974 as an outstation of St. Michael Parish, Langata. In 1992 the Guadalupe Missionary Father’s from Mexico, sent Fr. Arturo Arreguin to St. Michael’s to work as an assistant parish priest.

Fr. Arreguin’s work involved visiting the Small Christian Communities, plus various other pastoral duties. It soon became tiresome for him to shuttle through the large pastorate back to his residence every evening. Thus, he decided to live in the slum and work at Laini Saba, which was a sub-parish, being assisted by the parish priest. Therefore, a priest’s house was built to facilitate their work.

In 1997, during the Christ the King Feast Celebration, the assistant parish priest, Fr. Roberto Figueroa Gomez, requested that his Grace Archbishop Ndingi, who was officiating at the mass, to officially recognize Christ the King as a parish since the number of faithful had grown larger and there was a need to move services nearer to where parishioners lived.

In February, 1998, Christ the King outstation was officially recognized as a parish within the Nairobi Archdioceses. Currently, the parish has five sub-parishes having a total of 32 Small Christian Communities. In 2001, Fr. Raul Nava Trujillo replaced Fr. Roberto and reconstructed the parish into nine departments.

Making up the parish structure are the Parish Pastoral Council, the Executive Committee and Departmental Coordinators, who work together in assisting the parish priest-in-charge on a daily basis for the betterment of the parish and parishioners.

A social analysis was conducted in the parish between the years 2002-03. Each sub-parish identified a major concern that faced their region and made it a priority issue to improve upon. Within three years, 2003-06, of tackling these issues, each sub-parish undertook steps to help reduce, if not eradicate their priority issues. The parish set up committees to create awareness of HIV/AIDS, the dangers of alcoholism and drugs, to fight abortion and for creation of employment. Through the Faith Formation Department 21 catechists were trained. Currently, all sub-parishes are in the process of continuous assessment of their priorities and objectives so as to attain the most benefit out of the limited resources available to them.