Elsewhere, the newspapers covered the events in court as blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia resurfaced after being missing for days.

The newspaper reported that President William Ruto is secretly building a large church within the grounds of State House in Nairobi.

Architectural drawings obtained by the paper show that the church building will have the capacity to host at least 8,000 congregants, and will cost about KSh 1.2 billion.

According to Daily Nation, the church has been labelled the 'Cathedral', and is designed by Skair Architects Limited.

It has tall windows, and satellite images show construction underway near the presidential helicopter landing pad.

The main tower of the building is topped by a large cross, a clear symbol of the religious significance of the building, and can be seen from afar.

One cross is in front and one in back, but the one in front is the most visible; inside the church, there are four rows of pews in the main hall to hold thousands of worshippers.

Ruto had previously made it clear that he wanted to build a church to affirm his Christian faith.

When he was deputy president, Ruto had a prayer area in his official residence in Karen, where he would host religious leaders in preparation for the 2022 General Election.

The newspaper spared space for the chaotic scenes in Homa Bay County where the body of slain teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang' arrived for burial.

The procession heading to the deceased's home was intercepted by hundreds of mourners who diverted it to the Mawego Police Station where the deceased was first detained before his ill-fated transfer to Nairobi.

Angry youths torched the police station in Rachuonyo North.

Plans had been made for the funeral service to be held at Nyawango Primary School, where classes were suspended to make way for the large crowd of mourners.

Tents were set up for mourners to view the body; but things would not go as planned.

After the body arrived in Lida, a hearse with a clear window that allowed mourners to see the coffin was expected to head straight to the deceased's home.

But youths who had joined forces with students from Mawego Polytechnic blocked the road and insisted that the body be taken to Mawego Police Station first.

The deceased's father, Meshack Opiyo, tried asking the mourners to allow the family to take the body directly home.

He, his wife Eucabeth Adhiambo and Ojwang's widow, Nevnina Onyango, were in the same vehicle.

The youths took it upon themselves to remove the body from the hearse and carried the coffin in their hands, walking about three kilometres to the Mawego Police Station.

When they arrived at the station, some of them started throwing stones at the windows.

By then, the police officers stationed there had fled; they then set it ablaze before leaving.

The newspaper reported on the new twist in the disappearance of blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia.

Ndiangui had been missing for over ten days before he resurfaced and showed up in court.

Through his lawyer, the blogger denied being abducted, clarifying that he had gone into hiding for fear of being arrested by the detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

Kinyagia's disappearance had been alluded to as a case of abduction, sparking rage among the Kenyans.

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) championed the litigation in court seeking to have the blogger's whereabouts revealed by the authorities.

Justice Chacha Mwita compelled the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and DCI boss Mohamed Amin to produce the blogger.

The DCI, however, initially denied having Kinyagia in their custody, even as it revealed it sought him as a person of interest in the ongoing probe into the June 25th protests' planning.

The blogger was being sought over social media posts in which the itinerary for the protests was borne.

Reacting to Kinyagia's resurfacing, the National Police Service (NPS) blasted him for staging his abduction to cause public uproar.

The police asked him to present himself at the DCI headquarters.

People Daily reported on the likelihood of Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi vying for the Bungoma governorship in 2027.

A host of lawmakers from the county have endorsed Wanyonyi to succeed Governor Ken Lusaka.

Wanyonyi had been rumoured to be eyeing the Nairobi governorship in 2027.

Among the MPs endorsing Wanyonyi are Bumula's Jack Wamboka, Martin Wanyonyi (Webuye East), John Waluke (Sirisia), John Chikati (Tongaren), Dan Wanyama (Webuye West), John Makali (Kanduyi), Kabuchai's Majimbo Kalasinga and Fred Kapondi of the Mt Elgon constituency.

"We want Bungoma to be led by someone with a clean track record, and that person is Timothy Wanyonyi. His leadership style, his vision and his work in empowering youths through investments in Bungoma speak for themselves," People Daily quoted Waluke as saying.

Wanyonyi's presence in the race tends to jeopardise the chances for Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa, who had been regarded as the top contender for the seat.

Source: TUKO.co.ke