NAKURU: Religious leaders and community elders have planned more prayers for Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang.
The prayers will be held in Mt Elgon, Central and Coast regions on Sunday. Last weekend, hundreds of South Rift residents thronged Kiptororo village at the edge of Mau forest for prayers.
“Mt Elgon has a great significance given it’s the place where the Kalenjin sub-tribes dispersed to different regions,” said Rev Peter Chemaswet.
Tigania East MP Mpuru Aburi told a surging crowd at Kuresoi North that the Meru people were standing behind Ruto and Sang until the completion of the cases, saying Njuri Ncheke elders were already offering traditional prayers at Nyambene hills.
In the coastal region, Ganze MP Peter Safari said Kaya leaders from the Mijikenda community were monitoring the ICC proceedings closely.
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“Next week, Kaya elders will be making special prayers over this matter. It’s time those in the churches, mosques and other places of worship take over from here and lend their support,” said Safari.
Kaya is a word given to a sacred forest by the Mijikenda people in the coastal region.
A kaya is considered to be a source of ritual power and the origin of the Mijikenda’s cultural identity.
