El Toto: Murang’a church for the deaf where silence reigns during worship

It is a cloudy Sunday afternoon in Kabati, Murang’a County. At the main centre which is adjacent to the busy Thika Superhighway, residents are up and down; vendors selling their groceries, and youngsters taking creating memories with photography along the dusty streets.

200 metres into Kabati is another group deep in worship. In the rented house, this group is conducting its service in silence. This is El Toto Church, a place that brings together residents of Kabati living with deafness to have a moment with their God.

Cindy Kwak is the founder of this church, and she purposely did this to help deaf Christians within the area to be able to worship freely and comfortably.