This archive report was first published on 10 August 2019.
On Saturday, August 10, 2019, anti-riot police barred worshippers from entering the Nairobi Central SDA Church, located opposite Nairobi Area Police Station in Milimani, as the fallout among church leaders continued.
A heavy police contingent manned the gate from early morning, preventing the congregation from attending the church's camp meeting.
The dispute between church leaders has its roots in the 2015 election of heads of the Central Kenya Conference of the SDA Church, under which the Nairobi Central Church falls.
Some delegates who attended the election in Karura, the conference headquarters, felt that the process was manipulated, leading to a fallout that saw the registration of a rival section, the Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference, as a splinter of the Central Kenya Conference.
PHOTO | ELVIS ONDIEKI
Members of the Cosmopolitan Conference had previously boycotted the Nairobi Central Church and worshipped at the Technical University of Kenya in April.
Today's incident marked another attempt by the church leadership to assert control, but the move was met with resistance from the congregation.
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