Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has blamed President William Ruto’s regime for the increased violence against the church in recent times.
In a statement on Sunday, April 6, 2025, moments after a church service attended by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was disrupted by goons, Wamuchomba called on the government to apologise to the church for the increasing attacks.
The legislator has cited previous incidents in which church services were disrupted, either by the police or goons believed to have been hired by pliticians.
“It’s sacrilegious that under President Ruto’s Regime, political goons can attack and deconsecrate a church service as witnessed today in PCEA Kasarani. A few weeks ago tear gas was hurled at a prayer meeting in Olkalau where I attended. During this New Year’s eve, another tear gas was hurled into a church overnight prayers in Nyandarua. We can disagree on political ideologies but keep the church out of this,” Wamuchomba stated.
“This is blasphemous and will attract the wrath of God on this regime. We demand an apology to the church.”
Gachagua speaks
Speaking moments after the situation was brought under control, Gachagua raised concerns over the erosion of constitutional freedoms in Kenya.
He condemned the incident as an attempt to curtail his freedom of movement and association rights that are enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya.
“We don’t understand why some people are sending others to attack us, yet we have come to do the Lord’s work,” Gachagua lamented.
“Kenya is a country governed by the rule of law and constitutionalism. Our Constitution grants us freedoms of worship, association, speech, and movement. But we are now seeing consistent efforts to restrict our freedom to move around the country and to associate with those who are like-minded.”
While expressing shock and dismay at today’s incident, Gachagua claimed that state-sponsored goons, acting under instructions from senior government officials, were used to orchestrate the disruptions.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah has also strongly condemned the ongoing trends of hooliganism in churches, highlighting the incident in Nairobi where a church service was interrupted for political reasons.
“We cannot allow our churches to be dragged into the kind of trials I’ve witnessed in Nairobi today,” Ichungwah said, referring to the disruption during a church service attended by Gachagua.
“That people would go and disrupt a church service is deeply saddening, just because of politics. We must never let politics divide us or destroy the sanctity of the church.”
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