The Kenyan newspaper on Friday, July 4, reported on various issues, including allegations of church construction at the Nairobi White House, and the events of Homa Bay where the body of the late blogger Albert Ojwang arrived for the funeral.
Elsewhere, the newspapers reported on events in court with blogger Ndiangui Kyagia appearing again after disappearing for several days.
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1. Daily Nation
The newspaper reported that the President William Ruto He secretly builds a large church inside the palace stadiums in Nairobi.
The architectural drawings that the magazine revealed that the building will be able to be filled with at least 8,000 believers and will cost approximately KSh 1.2 billion.
According to Daily NationThe church has been named Cathedral and was created by Skair Architects Limited.
It has long windows and satellite pictures showing construction is underway near the presidential helicopter.
The main tower of the building is placed a great cross on it – a clear sign of the religious meaning of the building. One cross is in front and the other in the back, but the front is the most visible.
Within the church, there are four lines of benches for many believers.
Ruto initially stated that he wanted to build a church to emphasize his Christian faith.
When he was Deputy President, he had a prayer area in his official residence in Karen, where he was inviting religious leaders to apply before the 2022 elections.
2. Nation today
The newspaper allocated space for violence witnessed in Homa Bay County when the body of the murdered teacher and blogger, Albert Ojwang, arrived for burial.
A caravan heading to the deceased’s home was prevented by hundreds of mourners who took it to the Mawego Police Station, where the deceased was last barred before being transferred to Nairobi and died.
Angry teenagers burned down the North Rachuonyyo police station.
Plans were set to perform a funeral service at Nyawango Primary School, where studies were suspended to provide space for a large crowd of mourners.
The tents were set up to show the body of the deceased to the mourners, but things did not go as planned.
After the body arrived in Lida, a mortuary with a window that allowed us to see the coffin was expected to move directly to the deceased’s home.
However, young people who joined students from the Technical College of Mzwigo blocked the road and insisted the body first be taken to the Station Police Station.
The father of the deceased, Meshack Opiyo, tried to ask the mourners to let the family take the body directly home.
He, his wife Eucabeth Adhiambo and the widow of Ojwang, Nevnina Onyango, were inside the same car.
The young men took the responsibility of delivering the body to the car and carrying it with their hands, walking about three kilometers to the Mawego police station.
When they arrived at the center, some of them started throwing stones at the windows.
At that time the police in the center had already fled. The station was on fire before the protesters left.
3. The Standard
The newspaper reported on a new trend on the disappearance of blogger Ndiangui Kijagi.
Ndangui had disappeared for more than ten days before appearing again in court.
Through his attorney, the blogger denied the kidnapping, explaining that he was hiding in fear of being arrested by officials from the Criminal Investigation Department (DCI).
His abduction was linked to allegations of kidnapping, which sparked anger among Kenyans.
The Kenyan Law Society (LSK) led the case in court demanding authority to disclose the blogger.
Judge Chacha Mwita ordered the police chief, Douglas Kanja, and the director of DCIMohamed Amin, bring him to court.
However, the DCI department denied that it was blocking him in their hands, though they confirmed that they were looking for him in connection with a preparatory investigation of The procession of June 25.
The blogger was associated with online messages where he distributed the protest schedule.
After re -emerging, the National Police Service (NPS) criticized him for cheating that he was kidnapped to incite public anger.
Police demanded that Kigaga surrender to the DCI headquarters.
4. People Daily
People Daily reported on the possibility of Westlands MP, Tim Wanyonyi, to contest the Bungoma governor in 2027.
Several MPs from the county have approved the Honys inheriting Governor Ken Lusaka.
Initially, it was rumored that Wanyonyi was interested in running for the Nairobi governor in 2027.
Among the MPs who endorsed the Wanyonyi were Jack Wamboka (Bumula), Martin Wanyonyi (Webuye East), John Waluke (Sirisia), John Chikati (Tongaren), Dan Wanyama (Webuye West), John Makali (Kanduyi), constituencies Kalasinga (Kabuchai), and Fred Kapondi of the parliamentary constituency.
“We want Bungoma to be led by someone with a clean leadership record, and that person is Timothy Wanyonyi. His leadership style, his vision and the work he is doing to enable young people in Bungoma’s investment clearly show his reputation,” People Daily quoted Waluke as saying.
The presence of the Wanyonyi in the race could affect the positions of Kimilili MP, Didmus Barasa, who appeared to be the highest candidate.
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