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Bishop Edward Mwai said that unnamed people had mobilised "thugs" to disrupt the church service, reports the Star website.

Sometimes the best way to show leadership is to just say no, especially to bullies, thieves and thugs.

The former US president called Putin, among other things, a "pure thug", a "brutal tyrant" and a "murderous dictator" and cut off contact after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

As for the President of the United States – then Joe Biden – he left no doubt of what he thought of his Russian counterpart, condemning Putin as a "murderous dictator" and a "pure thug".

Opposition leaders are among those who have been detained and in some cases injured by gangs of pro-government thugs.