The newly appointed Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos Reverend Norman King’oo Wambua has been installed.
The colourful event at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos was attended by Deputy President William Ruto.
Those who accompanied the deputy president among hundreds of Catholic Church faithful included Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Devolution CS Eugine Wamalwa, Governors Alfred Mutua (Machakos) and his Makueni counterpart Kivutha Kibwana, Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka, among others.
Bishop Wambua becomes the fourth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos after Archbishop Emeritus Raphael Ndingi Mwana-a-Nzeki, the late Bishop Urbanus Joseph Kioko and Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde who was transferred from the Catholic Diocese of Machakos to head the Archdiocese of Mombasa.
The Diocese of Machakos has been under the care of Archbishop Anthony Muheria of the Archdiocese of Nyeri as its Apostolic Administrator from 2015 to 25th August 2018.
