– The CORD prayer rally earlier scheduled for Sunday, June, 19, in Machakos town has been postponed– The meeting will now take place next Sunday, June 26, at the same venue– The move was taken to give the legislators who were detained time to rest– Machakos governor Alfred Mutua had warned CORD against turning the rally into violenceThe Cord prayer rally earlier scheduled for Sunday, June, 19, in Machakos town has been postponed. The prayer meeting was meant to address suppression of freedom of expression following the arrest of the eight MPs over alleged hate speech. READ ALSO: MP Junnet Mohammed narrates what they went through in police custodyThough it was expected to be prayer rally, politics was expected to take centre stage. The rally was scheduled to take place in Machakos town for the political prisoners. On Saturday, June 18, Mutua has issued the CORD coalition early warnings against importing violence into the Masaku.

Source: The Star June 19, 2016 10:52 UTC