Ruto to attend AIPCA church centenary celebrations in Kasarani

The Church will be celebrating 100 years since its inception.

In Summary

•President Ruto will be accompanied by various leaders including Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.

•Ruto was one of 18 heads of state and government who joined thousands of Namibians to bid farewell to the late president.

President William Ruto is greeted by Bishop Samuel Mburu of Maragua Diocese after arriving at Kasarani Stadium for the AIPCA church service in Kasarani, Nairobi County on February 25, 2024
President William Ruto is greeted by Bishop Samuel Mburu of Maragua Diocese after arriving at Kasarani Stadium for the AIPCA church service in Kasarani, Nairobi County on February 25, 2024
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President William Ruto will on Sunday join the congregation at Kasarani Stadium for a church service in Nairobi County.

The APICA Church will be celebrating  100 years since its inception.

Bishop Samuel Mburu of Maragua Diocese will be the Master of Ceremony.

Ruto will be accompanied by various leaders including Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.

The President jetted back to the country on Saturday night after attending the funeral service of late President Hage Geingob in Namibia.

Ruto was one of 18 heads of state and government who joined thousands of Namibians to bid farewell to the late president.

Among the foreign dignitaries present during the official memorial service were Presidents João Lourenço (Angola), Mokgweetsi Masisi (Botswana), Felix Tshisekedi (Democratic Republic of Congo), Sahle-Work Zewde (Ethiopia), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Samia Suluhu (Tanzania) and Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe).

Others included the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Lesotho Prime Minister Samual Matekane and Presidents Filipe Nyusi (Mozambique), Évariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi) and Sauli Niinistö (Finland).

In his tribute at Geingob's memorial service in Windhoek, Namibia, Ruto emphasized that the most significant homage Africa could pay to the former president was to ensure the economic empowerment and political emancipation of the continent

“Together as a continent, believing in what President Geingob believed in, we must reform our African Union (AU) so that it becomes of the epicentre of green growth,” he said on Saturday.

Ruto noted that the continent has lost a visionary leader whose voice in African affairs is unmatched.

He eulogised the late President as an accomplished scholar and one of the architects of the Namibian constitution that has given his country political stability.

“He stood tall as a pan-Africanist who believed in the unity of our continent,” Ruto added.

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