Roots Party leader Professor George Wajackoyah has vowed to demolish a church under construction at State House, Nairobi, if elected president in 2027, calling it unconstitutional. This pledge came during a YouTube Podcast on July 24, 2025, while President William Ruto defends the project as an expression of his faith.
- The church project is estimated to cost approximately Ksh1.2 billion (about $9.2 million USD).
- Atheist in Kenya Society has filed a petition in Kenya’s High Court, challenging the construction as unconstitutional and exclusionary, with a hearing scheduled for July 24, 2025.
- Wajackoyah controversially suggested repurposing the structure, potentially converting it into a prison.