User:Ramadhan Tabuche Machio

Ramadhan Machio was born in 1950 under the famous Amtala Family name in Webuye town Bungoma County. He attended school in Musikoma primary school located at the foothills of Musikoma hills a few kilometers from the heart of Bungoma town in Western Kenya. At the time Musikoma primary school was the only school in the region.

He then got married in 1970 to Miss Gladys Nabang'ala with whom they have been blessed with 12 children, six girls and six boys.

He joined and worked for Mawingo Bus Company as bus conductor where his hard work, good relations with the community and the willingness to help others paid dividend as God showered blessings upon him with a promotion to the ranks of the senior personnel manager of the then largest transport company in Eastern Africa.

While serving at the Mawingo bus company Machio discovered that serving the community as a nonentity was not satisfactory. This motivated him to serve as God’s servant becoming pastor in 1973 and has remained faithful to the calling God gave him to date.

In 1979 Machio with the help of some local residents in his region of Matumbufu started Lutaso Baptist church. The church was started under a tree in the newly formed Matumbufu Primary school before a close friend sold them an adjacent piece of land which he fully contributed to buying.Lutaso Baptist church was a one time hit and successful project to some God fearing local residents who had to walk long distances in search of spiritual nourishment.

The church slowly gained popularity and to date it is the biggest church in the local region both in congregational numbers and colossal structural construction.Pastor Machio’s church has over 400 members to date and his target is to reach 1,000 members in the next five years.Owing to its design and size, it has taken Machio years of fundraising to complete the church.Lutaso Baptist church has since served as a mother to many other Baptist churches in Bungoma district and its environs.Through the help of other religious leaders of his church

Machio pioneered the start and development of many Baptist churches including:1. Nandolia Baptist church2. Siritanyi Baptist church3. Mateka Baptist church4. Kanduyi Baptist church 5. Kimilili Baptist church6. Kamukuywa Baptist church7. Sio port Baptist church8. Changeiywa Baptist church9. Mt.Elgon Baptist church10. Sichei Baptist church11. Webuye Baptist church12. Misikhu Baptist church13. Lutaso Baptist church14. Sang’alo Baptist church15. Sigalame Baptist church16. Bukholi Baptist church17. Ngwelo Baptist church18. Lwanda Baptist church19. matisi Baptist church20. Chebosi Baptist church21. Makutano Baptist church22. Ndengelwa Baptist church23. Central Baptist church24. Khabwabi Baptist church        25. Wabukhe Baptist church26. Mukwa Baptist church27. Luucho Baptist church28. Bungoma Baptist church29. Sango Baptist church 30. Khamoto Baptist church31. mwanda Baptist church32. Kisuluni Baptist church33. Riverside Baptist church34. Kongoli Baptist church35. Kimalewa Baptist church36. Kapina Baptist church37. Bisunu Baptist church38. Mayanja Baptist church39. Lunao Baptist church40. Miyanga Baptist church.

Other church projects started by Machio include:-Bungoma Baptist association-Kimilili Baptist association-Webuye Baptist association-Bungoma central Baptist association-Bungoma east Baptist association-Teso Baptist association.