The national council of churches of Kenya NCCK has condemned the disruption of worship service at the Anglican church of Kenya (ACK) Witima parish, Nyeri county, yesterday, where the former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua was teargassed and his vehicles vandalized. In a statement shared to newsrooms, NCCK listed 9 other instances where worship was interrupted by goons and the police,
Calling out deliberate, unwarranted, and unprovoked lobbing of teargas canisters at worshippers saying the move was not only illegal and unconstitutional but an attack on the church.
The body now wants an unqualified apology from the CS for interior Kipchumba Murkomen and the inspector general of the national police service to the church and the religious community in Kenya and speedy interdiction, investigation and prosecution of all the police officers involved in the attacks on churches during worship services.
“In all these incidences, the Police officers who deliberately broke the law have not been interdicted, investigated, prosecuted or otherwise held accountable for their heinous crime indicating state approval at the highest level.”
