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The little church on the slopes

Despite being Catholic, the small church plays host to people of diffrent denominations for prayers and weddings, writes JAMES WANZALA

On Mai Mahiu — Naivasha Road, lies a little jewel; it could be the smallest church in Kenya — and possibly Africa. Italian Prisoners Of War (POW) built the Catholic Church, situated on the slopes of the Rift Valley, in 1942 under the strict supervision of British colonialists. 

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