Freemasons leadership say the clamp down matter is being handled by their lawyers

The leadership of the Grand Lodge of East Africa, Freemasons' Hall, now says the issue of unpaid rent arrears, which led to the closure of their premises by Nairobi County government officials, is being handled by their legal department. The group claims it was given an exemption back in 1994 from paying land rates, a matter that was subject to a court case ruled on in 2015 and which they have won have dismissed allegations of being involved in secret practices, saying their association is to support communities across 40 countries where they have membership. The Grand Master Mason, Grand Lodge of Scotland, bro. William Ramsay McGhee, who is in the country, says the organisation is open to all who wish to join and has dismissed allegations of being involved in cultic rituals