A British couple working as missionaries in western Kenya have been forced to return to the UK after the escalation of violence in the African nation following the disputed Presidential election.
Graham and Sally Jones are back in the England after two years of working in Kenya’s third city of Kisumu, which is largely inhabited by members of the Luo tribe. Their work involved training up church leaders in Kenya’s Trinity Baptist Church, which has around 40 congregations nationwide. The couple are supported by Guildford Park Church and still hope to return to Kenya if the situation improves.
Opposition city
Graham explained that in the Kisumu region people overwhelmingly backed the opposition leader Raila Odinga, himself a Luo, and many locals saw it as their ‘big chance’ to be represented politically.
