Six people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Reverend Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett in Kabartile Village, Baringo County, according to the National Police Service.
The shooting occurred in Mokoro Location, Kakiptul Sub-Location, where Father Bett, a priest at St Matthias Mulumba Tot Parish, was attacked by armed assailants.
Elgeyo Marakwet police commander Peter Mulinge said the priest had parked his vehicle along the Chesongoch-Tot-Liter road and walked to the venue of the afternoon sermon.
But the assailants, who had laid an ambush, shot and killed the St Mulumba Catholic Church cleric on the spot.
