Defiant churches are the weak link in State’s war against virus spread

Worshipers at Kisima cha Nehema church in deep prayer during a Sunday service to pray for the country despite calls by the government to close down. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Police in Mombasa were yesterday forced to eject worshipers from churches as they enforced the ban on public gatherings to combat spread of Covid-19.

It took the intervention of security forces to make worshipers at Jesus Celebration Centre in Mombasa town centre and Zion Church in Changamwe to leave the premises.