Public Health (Covid-19 Religious Gatherings) Rules
3. Conditions for worship
3. Conditions for worship
The Leadership of a Religious Body shall—(a)ensure that a handwashing station, complete with clean running water, soap and paper towels, is installed at the entrance of the Place of Worship and the effluent water from the handwashing station does not flow freely on the ground;(b)ensure that the Place of Worship is disinfected after every worship session and a disinfection schedule maintained;(c)ensure that the temperature of worshipers is measured at the entrance of the Place of Worship using a contact free thermometer;(d)ensure that not more than one hundred worshipers attend worship at any given time;(e)ensure that a worship session does not exceed one hour;(f)ensure that there are no gatherings before or after worship within the Place of Worship;(g)ensure that the worshipers do not engage in processions during worship;(h)put in place markings in the Place of Worship to ensure that a physical distance of at least one and a half metres is maintained between worshipers;(i)not provide worship materials including books, objects, religious scriptures, bulletins and hymnals to the worshippers;(j)adopt cashless collection of money or use stationary boxes for collection of money;(k)ensure that microphones are disinfected after use;(l)where preaching or the leading of worship cannot be performed with facemasks, ensure that a physical distance of two point five meters is maintained from one person to the next;(m)ensure that any religious ritual that requires physical contact is not performed;(n)provide labelled waste bins with a liner for the disposal of used face masks and gloves;(o)place signage on hand hygiene and physical distancing outside and inside the Place of Worship;(p)ensure that toilets, door knobs, equipment, instruments, hand rails and other common surfaces are cleaned and disinfected after every worship session;(q)ensure that there is proper ventilation in the Place of Worship and shall keep doors and windows open during worship;(r)ensure that overhead fans are not used in a Place of Worship; and(s)ensure that food or drinks are not sold or served to worshippers in the Place of Worship.Source: Kenya Law