Religious leaders decry rising cases of burglary targeting churches

Religious leaders from Nyahururu town and its environs have decried the rising cases of burglary targeting churches.

The recent incident happened last Sunday where gangsters broke into Nyahururu Anglican Church of Kenya and stole electronics and church offering.

Other churches that have been broken into in the last one month include Christian Gospel Church, United Fellowship Centre and Victory Assurance Chapel.

The clergy claimed it could be a syndicate since the gangsters were targeting public address systems, TV large screens and sound amplifiers among other electronics.

Yesterday, the clerics allied to Nyahururu Pastors Fellowship Forum lodged their complaints at Nyahururu Police Station.

They called for a thorough probe into the burglaries, which they said had become rampant.

Pastor Isaac Njuru of the Akorinu church and Pastor Isaac Mwangi of Victory Assurance Chapel called on security agencies to move with speed and ensure suspects are brought to book.

“We are here to condemn the ungodly incidents which are happening in our churches. It is a shame that criminals are now targeting churches and yet no action has been taken. That is why we have come to protest,” said Pastor Mwangi.

He alleged that there could be a syndicate involving criminals who have found black market for electronic items stolen from churches.

“It is not a coincident that they are only stealing electronics.

They must have found a market for such items, which is now worrying us,” said Mwangi. Pastor Samson Njoroge, while issuing a press statement on behalf of the clergy, said churches have lost valuables amounting to millions of shillings in the rampant cases of burglaries.

Nyahururu OCPD Geoffrey Mayiek assured the clerics that investigations had being launched and suspects would be hunted to face the law.