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Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart Priory have closed all their facilities in Kerio Valley, Kenya, following daily violence in the region. The missionary sisters announced this on social media, announcing the closure of the mission "with immediate effect" and "indefinitely".
The decision, reads the text signed by Sister Rosa Pascal OSB, Prioress of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters, was taken "following the murder of Father Alloy Bett, parish priest of St Mathias Mulumba (see Fides, 23/5/2025) and the continued unrest in the area. This has negatively affected our missionary work" causing "mental, emotional and psychological trauma to our sisters" and, consequently, "the inability to run the essential services due to the lack of staff who are fleeing the area".
Hence the decision "to close our mission stations indefinitely, until the area is safe for service". This action, the statement states, "is meant to ensure the safety of our sisters working in the region, our employees and those who visit our mission for different services", at the same time, to "press the government for a lasting solution to peace in the area, including dis-arming civilians". Among the closed facilities is the Chesongoch Mission Hospital. (F.B.) (Agenzia Fides, 2/6/2025)
