Pastor Nick Macharia - Prison Extension Rehabilitation Program(PEPKAG)

The current statistics of the Kenyan prisons shows that about 65000 inmates are serving different jail terms in 94 prison spread out across the country.Due to the diversity and extensive disparity of the Kenyan prison,it is needful that any work of assisting offenders can only be possible under the context of a ministry.

The prison extension rehabilitation program of kenya ,[pepkag] is a professional christian community program registered in kenya in 1994 under the society act with objectives as follows;Visit inmates,comfort them with the word of God,distribute professional reading materials

,provide legal help in courts,medical care,create good relation between ex;prisoners and the society at large and lastly establish post-prison rehabilitation transit-workshops for training and skill development to enable ex-prisoners become responsible members of the society.



Pastor Nick Macharia who is the founder and program director of this ministry,in an effort to realizing this goals,have established relationship with coperate bodies,the Church,the judiciary,police and prison department.Through this concerted efforts several ex-prisoners have benefitted from this program.The Church awareness program is a way of sensitizing the believers and committing them to this task.Jesus said.i was in prison and you came unto me or you came not unto me.Pastor Nick believes strongly that in every deliverance God has given to his people,the people themselves must be able to identify their participatory role.He also believe that different congregation can participate differently to make the dreams of this ministry come true. By N. Macharia