AFRICA/KENYA - Another priest murdered in Kenya

Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest has been murdered in Kenya. Father Alloyce Cheruiyot Bett was shot dead in the Tot area of the Kerio Valley, in the Elgeyo Marakwetm County, in the Western Highlands of Kenya.
The murder occurred yesterday, May 22, when, at the end of the Holy Mass in the small Christian community in the village of Kakbiken, several gunmen fired shots, one of which hit Father Bett in the neck, killing him instantly.
Kenyan police said they have arrested six people in connection with the priest's murder.
While it is suspected that it was an attempted robbery, a police spokesperson emphasized that Father Bett's murder was in no way connected to the cattle thefts or other forms of banditry in the area.
Local sources said the killers may have mistook the priest for a police informant who was helping law enforcement in a security operation in the area. Father Tott is the second Catholic priest killed in Kenya within a week. On May 15, Father John Ndegwa Maina, parish priest of St. Louis Parish in Igwamiti, died in hospital after being found seriously injured on the side of the Nakuru-Nairobi highway, several kilometers from his parish (see Fides, 21/5/2025). (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 23/5/2025)

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