Kenya's ex-deputy president Rigathi Gachagua alleges assassination attempt in church attack

Kenya: Murkomen Says Probe Into Othaya Church Violence Underway As Gachagua Alleges Assassination Plot

Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says investigations are underway into violent clashes that erupted at a church event in Othaya, Nyeri County, where police fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a crowd.

Kenya's ex-deputy president Rigathi Gachagua alleges assassination attempt in church attack

The interior minister condemned the attack, which police say they are investigating.

KENYA’S EX-DEPUTY PRESIDENT GACHAGUA ALLEGES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN CHURCH ATTACK

KENYA’S EX-DEPUTY PRESIDENT ALLEGES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN CHURCH ATTACK PROMINENT Kenyan opposition figure Rigathi Gachagua has alleged there was an attempt on his life during a Sunday church service. Gachagua, who was sacked as deputy president in an impeachment trial in 2024, claimed in an interview with the BBC that rogue police officers “shot at […] The post KENYA’S EX-DEPUTY PRESIDENT GACHAGUA ALLEGES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN CHURCH ATTA…

KNCHR Condemns Teargassing of Worshipers in Nyeri Church, Demands Police Accountability

NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 26 – The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has condemned what it termed a brutal and unwarranted police attack on worshippers at St. Peter’s Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), Wairima, in Othaya, Nyeri County, where officers reportedly lobbed teargas during a Sunday service. In a press statement issued on January 26, 2026, the Commission said the incident occurred on Sunday, while congregants, including children a…

Kenyan newspapers review: Officer details how plans to attack Gachagua were made at Vigilance House

Violence erupted at Witima ACK Church during a service attended by former DP Rigathi Gachagua, with reports of a planned attack orchestrated in Nairobi.