Church leaders from Kiambu county now claim they are being intimidated by officials from the national intelligence services over their preachings in the pulpits
The interdenominational leaders say the officials have been attending their services and questioning their congregants through proxies on what has been preached.
One preacher said, “We saw unidentified individuals who came and sat at the back of the church. We asked them to identify themselves but they declined. Later, they followed churchgoers to inquire about some guests we had invited and why the invite was made…”
Another preacher said, “We have seen attempts by people going around asking what the church is preaching. We’ve also experienced members of Parliament calling to inquire about guests invited to a particular church and what the sermon was about. I’m afraid the government has shut down the doors of the church.”
Speaking at the same press conference, a female preacher also expressed her concerns, saying that preachers have become targets of State agents.
“When you see police officers came to your church to inquire what the sermon is about and what we are preaching about, we feel like this is an attempt to muzzle preachers,” she said.
This coming amid the growing revolt by church leaders against policies by the Kenya kwanza regime
According to the men of cloth who were speaking to the media, the freedom of worship is being undermined and have called for President William Ruto to intervene
“We did not imagine this would happen to us even after we supported the President. We elected him because we believed in him and believed he’s a man of God too,” one preacher said.