Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday reemerged for a church service in Karen after taking a low profile for almost a week.
Social media was awash with questions from Kenyans with many questioning his whereabouts after the DP failed to appear in public since Monday.
Sources close to the Presidency however said he had taken a break after a rigorous mobilisation campaign for the
The DP has over the last one month been across several counties.
Ruto was driven to the Christ is the Answer Ministries church
by his eldest son, Nick, where he sat in the middle area.
He
steered clear of politics
when he was invited to speak to the congregation
only
urging the congregants to continue praying for the country
especially for peaceful elections.
"If it weren't for the prayers of many Christians, maybe things would not be the same. I want to say thank you very much for your prayers for our country," Ruto said.
He quoted the holy scriptures, Psalms 133:1.
It says, "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity."
"It is my prayer and my request that in this season this portion of the scripture will be our portion as a country so that we can have peaceful elections," Ruto said.
He added: "We thank God for His boundless love, grace, enduring mercies and the blessing of rains. We pray that this will be the start of the planting season that will lead to a good harvest."
The DP was accompanied by Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru and nominated Senator Joy Gwendo.
After church, Ruto was driven to Dagoretti Corner where he had lunch with Waweru, Gwendo, Kuria and nominated MP Johnson Sakaja.