President William Ruto on Monday stopped his speech momentarily during the grounding-breaking ceremony of the Affordable Housing Project in Starehe with respect to the Islamic call to prayers.
The call referred to as Adhan, is the Islamic call to public prayer in a mosque recited by a Muezzin at prescribed times of the day.
Adhan is recited from the mosque five times a day on most days and all day long during the religious holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
The call was recited for three minutes before the President resumed his speech saying "asanteni sana" to loud applause from the audience.
On March 22, 2021, Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta touched many Muslim faithful when he paused his speech during Adhan in Tanzania while attending former President John Magufuli's funeral mass.
Uhuru temporarily stopped his speech for two minutes from 12.53 pm to 12:55 pm in honour of the Adhan in a nearby mosque in Dodoma.
"Poleni wacheni niendelee kwa kusema..." he said after he resumed his speech amid applause.
