West Pokot leaders and residents have hailed the late Lutheran Bishop Samson Lokipuna for fostering education and peace in the region. Lokipuna set up schools in areas that were prone to conflicts and ensured many people in the county got education. The leaders also hailed Bishop Lokipuna for collaborating with other churches and ensuring that peace prevailed along the volatile Pokot-Turkana border. “Many church leaders, the late being among them, scarified to see that peace prevailed along the border,” he said. Lokipuna was bishop of North West diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya until his death.

Source: The Star June 13, 2021 18:56 UTC