Ruto Leaves Nothing to Chance as Congregants including The Clergy Are Subjected to A High Level Mandatory Search.
Ruto Leaves Nothing to Chance: A heavy security presence was witnessed at ACK Pro-Cathedral Church in Nyahururu on June 23, 2024, as President Ruto is expected to attend the church service.
Police officers were deployed before dawn in the church environs and in the nearby centre to make sure there are no demos.
Additionally, all congregants attending the church service were subjected to a mandatory search to ensure no concealed weapons.
In videos circultating online, A tent was set up at the entrance to ensure that every person attending the event was searched before being admitted to the church.
No one was publicly arrested or turned away during the mandatory inspection exercise as the faithful complied with the new security directive.
On Saturday, the number of the presiding bishop of ACK Diocese Nyahururu was made public on X with Kenyans asked to call him in a bid to stop the church service.
Kenyans texting the Bishop accused him of hosting the event at a time when Kenya Kwanza is deliberating adopting a Finance Bill with punitive taxes.
The event is attended by President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua as well as United Democratic Alliance (UDA) leadership in the region.
Ruto’s event happened a day after several UDA-elected leaders were heckled and booed during various functions after voting in support of Finance Bill 2024.
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