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The imposing Church of Goodwill situated at Kariandusi in Nakuru County. It was built by a colonial settler Lady Eleanor Balfour in memory of her husband and in honour of her two sons who had returned safely from war.
The church was constructed as a gift to God by a colonial settler Lady Eleanor Balfour, wife of the Lord Galbraith Cole of the 5th Early Enniskillen.
She built it in honour of her late husband and also as thanksgiving to God for bringing her two sons back from the battlefield during the Second World War.
It is an imposing architectural masterpiece.
he protruding bell tower and the wooden roofing tiles have withstood the vagaries of weather over the years to stand the test of time, making it a historic monument worth visiting.
The magnificent colonial structure makes one feel as old as the stone walled structure that boasts of a couple of graves that remain well-kept a century later.
The graves outside the church, we are told, are those of the founder members of the church who had stated their wishes to be buried next to the building.
The graves bear the names and their dates of death, some in English and others in French.
Its wooden teak doors are arch-shaped and have heavy latches on them while for the windows, narrow arch shaped long spaces have been nicely constructed into the walls letting rays of light that illuminate the church’s interior.
The church was officially opened in 1947.
The opening also coincided with the twentieth anniversary of her late husband Lord Galbraith Cole’s death.
To preserve it, she ensured that all movables inside the church were also imported and she footed the bill and the same have remained in use to date.
While other structures have long been disposed off after the 38,000 hectare Kikopey farm owned by Lady Balfour was subdivided, the church is the only structure that retained its original purpose.
It is located near the old Nakuru–Nairobi road near Kariandusi pre-historic site at Kikopey in Elementaita, Nakuru County.