Priests from the St Mark Catholic Parish in Litein, Kericho County, awoke in alarm after robbers came into their home while they were asleep and fled with an undisclosed sum of money.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night, when attackers forced their way into the apartment by shattering a window pane while the priests were sleeping, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The Parish Priest, Fr Moses Langat, reported the event.
“In the incident that shocked the priests who were fast asleep in an adjacent room, the thugs also gained entry into the church and vandalised the tabernacle, a liturgical furnishing used to house the Eucharist,” a report by DCI stated.
Kericho County detectives went to the crime scene and assessed the evidence forensically, and the inquiry is still underway.