Nyeri County prepares to host thousands

A man walk past Mathari Cemetery on 25 April 2015, where Sister Irene Stefani was buried on 31 October 1930, her remains were later exhumed in 1995 and relocated to to Central Chapel of Mathari Catholic Church where they had been preserved since then.She was born on 22 August 1891. [PHOTO/ KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

With just 27 days to the beatification of Sister Irene ‘Nyaatha’ Stefani, questions have been raised about the Nyeri County Government preparedness to receive hundreds of thousands of guests expected at the ceremony.

The Catholic Church says it is expecting an estimated 300,000 people to attend the event. But the county government estimates that about 35,000 people will attend the fete, which will convert Vulnerable Nyaatha to a Blessed. Beatification is the third of the four steps in the process of making one a saint.