President William Ruto revamped his security during Sunday Service at ACK Pro-Cathedral Church in Nyahururu on June 23, 2024.
Police officers were deployed before dawn in the church environs and in the nearby centre to ensure no demonstrations happened during the President's visit.
Additionally, all congregants attending the church service were subjected to a mandatory search to ensure no concealed weapons.
In footage seen by Kenyans.co.ke, a tent was set up at the entrance to ensure that every person attending the event was searched before being admitted to the church.
No one was publicly arrested or turned away during the mandatory inspection exercise as the faithful complied with the new security directive.
On Saturday, the number of the presiding bishop of ACK Diocese Nyahururu was made public on X with Kenyans asked to call him in a bid to stop the church service.
Kenyans texting the Bishop accused him of hosting the event at a time when Kenya Kwanza is deliberating adopting a Finance Bill with punitive taxes.
The event is attended by President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua as well as United Democratic Alliance (UDA) leadership in the region.
Despite the pressure to call off the event, Bishop-Elect Samson Gachathi welcomed elected leaders and congregants to the service which marks his consecration and enthronement as the third bishop of ACK Nyahururu Diocese.
Ruto's event happened a day after several UDA-elected leaders were booed during various functions after voting in support of Finance Bill 2024.
On Saturday, Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa was forced to run away after he was confronted by angry residents during a burial ceremony in Bungoma County.
This happened hours after MP John Kiarie of Dagoretti South was booed off the stage during another burial ceremony for supporting the Finance Bill.
