Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed critics who are concerned about the number of church services attended by President William Ruto and his team.
Since taking the oath of office on September 13, 2023, the Head of State has travelled across the country, holding thanksgiving and prayer services in various churches across the country.
Speaking during a thanksgiving service at the Deliverance Church International, Ruai, Nairobi, Gachagua reiterated that this will be a weekly occurrence until the end of their five-year term.
“I have seen our distractors are very concerned that we come to church every Sunday. I read the papers and they said this is your 28th Sunday service since you came to office. I want to save them that task of counting, we will be in church for 52 Sundays every year, for the next 5 years,” DP Gachagua said.
The second-in-command went on to say that William Ruto’s victory in the 2022 election was the result of prayers and that it is through prayers that the President will gain the wisdom to steer the country into economic prosperity.
The Kenya Kwanza administration will be in Nakuru next Sunday for National Prayer Day, according to DP Gachagua.
“Nakuru is important, in 2017 Uhuru Kenyatta and you (William Ruto) went to Nakuru and prayed for victory, and you made a commitment that if God gives you the victory, you shall return to Nakuru. That never happened after March 9, when Raila came into government, he convinced the retired president that prayers are not necessary,” he said.
According to DP Gachagua, the country is in an economic crisis as a result of not returning to Nakuru to express gratitude.
According to him, the National Prayer Day in Nakuru will be held to give thanks for the victory in 2017.
