In 2021, Onyango, a theologian and historian, became the first female bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya when she was ordained as an assistant bishop for Bondo, a diocese on the edge of Lake Victoria.
Later that year, Okeno, a long-serving priest, followed as the second female bishop in the Kenyan Anglican church, in the diocese of Butere.
Tete Estêvão was elected the first Anglican woman bishop in the Anglican Church of Angola and Mozambique in July 2023.
The church in Africa has an estimated population of 40 million, with the highest concentrations being in Nigeria and Uganda provinces.
According to Okeno some people thought women were not supposed to serve in such capacities when they misinterpreted the Bible after reading it through cultural lenses.
“This interpretation of the Bible has made many women not to rise up (in leadership),” said Okeno.
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