By Nathan Eyagu 

The Uganda Police Force of East Kyoga have received a total of 101 Christians of Christ disciples Church that have been repatriated from Nakuru in Kenya on their way to Ethiopia to join some of their colleagues who travelled early this year to preach the gospel.

According to SP Ageca Oscar Gregg, the said individuals that were repatriated include 18 male adults, 23 female adults, 29 female juvenile, 31 male adults and infants from the said religious sect and who hail from the districts of Ngora, Serere, Bukedea and Kumi in teso sub region.

The team was intercepted enroute to Ethiopia where they were going to allegedly preach the gospel permanently or otherwise in their original and ancestral homeland having illegally crossed over to Kenya but later got abandoned by the leadership of the church.

"It's to be noted that East Kyoga Police were yet to conclude the general enquiry into the disappearance members of the same church that happened earlier this year in February that were found to be in Abbysinia, in Ethiopia and It's upon this background that this second group was sneaking out of the country", he said in a statement.

He further noted that the leadership of the church prevalent in the districts above refered one Rev. Enyaku James and Pastor Orago Augustine for convincing their followers that God has a plan for them to go to Ethiopia to spread the gospel which was to be facilitated through a monetary contribution by both the first and second group, who duly obliged.

Having ensured the safe return of the more than 100 citizens, police intends to place them back in their communities while urging the public to be understanding and receive them back without prejudice.

"We extend our gratitude to all parties that contributed to the safe return of these Christians",

THE KENYA REPORT

The 29 adults and 27 children (between 1-5 years) said they were headed to Ethiopia, through Kenya for prayers.

Police say the aliens, who did not have travel documents, were arrested at a bus terminus, in Nakuru town where they had stopped for refreshments.

According to Nakuru East sub county Deputy County Commissioner Were Simiyu, police got a tip off from a a concerned member of public, who spotted an abnormal movements of the aliens at the bus terminus.

“The Ugandan nationals did not have travelling documents to show they were here legally. They are deemed illegal immigrants. They said that they were heading to Ethiopia for prayers,” said Mr Simiyu.

Police said that the foreigners sneaked into the country via the Kenya-Uganda border in Busia.

Mr Simiyu said that officers rushed to the bus terminus on a mission to establish where they were heading to and whether they had travel documents.

After inquiry, detectives established that they were from Ngora district, in Eastern Uganda and were heading to Ethiopia but they had no travelling documents.

He said that they further told officers that they are members of a church and were going for a church mission, to pray for the people in Ethiopia.

Mr Simiyu said that the 56 will be repatriated back to their country, so that they can have their travel documents processed before they embark on their journey to Ethiopia.

"We have launched investigations to establish the person whom they are referring to as their pastor who is on the way coming to Nakuru.We are tracking his number so that we can interrogate him as well,” said Mr Simiyu.

Mr Isaac Adile,27, a resident of Ommo village in Uganda said that they are members of Christ Disciples Church(CDC) headed by their prayer leader identified as Isaac Omiata.

He said that they were going for a one-week church conference at their church branch in Ethiopia.

“We were stranded after arriving in Nakuru, our leader who has our bus fare remained behind because of transportation challenges. We are travelling with children since the schools are closed. We were brought here for interrogation. We are not related to any cult church,” he said.

Additional report sourced from East news