7 Tharaka Nithi residents arrested for boycotting census claiming they will be counted in heaven

Seven people suspected to be members of Kabonokia Sect have been arrested by DCI detectives at Gatue, Tharaka Nithi County after they refused to be counted in the ongoing census exercise on grounds that they will be counted in heaven.

According to a post by DCI, the arrests happened last night after the seven refused to give information to authorised person collecting Statistical information.

The DCI in its Thursday morning post via its official twitter handle revealed that the members refused to be enumerated claiming the process is Satanic and that they will be counted in heaven.

Several arrests have also been made in several parts of the country over refusing to be enumerated. The exercise kicked of on August 24, 2019 and is scheduled to end on August 31st.

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