Bishop JJ Gitahi, founder of the Priesthood Fellowship Church, told the congregation on Sunday that the government had tried to cancel Gachagua’s appearance, claiming that hosting him would amount to incitement and disrupt peace in the area.
Priesthood Fellowship Church is located a few metres from Kahawa West roundabout and its founder, a close ally of Mr Gachagua, is a popular pastor who made his name through motivational talks, especially on vernacular radio stations.
JJ Gitahi, through the church secretary-general to the board Stephen Wainaina, told the media after the service that detectives raided Mr Gitahi’s Membley residence in Ruiru, Kiambu County, seeking to know why he was hosting Mr Gachagua.
The detectives, who had unmarked Subaru cars, termed Mr Gachagua’s presence as a breach of national security and that his presence was likely to incite the local community against the government. JJ Gitahi stood his ground, insisting that Mr Gachagua’s presence was a normal church service like any other and after a few minutes, they left.
After the incident, Mr Wainaina said, Pastor Gitahi had to switch vehicles because he had been informed that the detectives were trailing him.
When he rose to speak during the church service, Mr Gachagua said it was disheartening that some leaders from the Mount Kenya region could betray its own people, referring to how a majority of them supported his impeachment.
