12 People Summoned To Makongeni Police To Ascertain Devil Worship Allegations In Their Church.
Twelve people, among them bishops and pastors have been
summoned to report at Makongeni Police Station Thika on Monday (today) in a bid
to unravel the mystery behind the allegations of devil worshipping in the
African Inland Church (AIC) Makongeni that has seen church service get
disrupted for the third week in a row.
The two were divided into two groups, depending on the side
of the divide they stood for.
The first group of seven that included Nelson Mumina, Jones
Mutiso, Rev. Urbanas Syuma, Pastor Joshua Nthawa, Pastor Zachariah Mwema, Mumo
Syuma and a mister Kathonde were asked to report at the station at 9am Monday
Morning. Bishop Mule from the AIC HQs was also asked to accompany this group.
The second group, believed to be that of the church faithful
demanding for the unveiling of the issue of devil worshipping, was summoned to
report at the station at exactly 10am.
This group included; Abednego Maweu, Dickson Mulwa, Phillip
Musau, Josephat Kyalo and a certain Ndolo. The five are alleged to be the
leaders of a group the church referred to the “Kamaliza Initiative” whose sole agenda, according to their
accusers in the church was to ruin the peace and harmony witnessed in the
church.
The lists were read to the faithful after the standoff
between the warring groups saw them miss out on another regular Sunday service.
Two different letters alleged to have been written by the faithful
were also read aloud and two bishops who had been sent from the AIC HQs to
arbitrate on the matter instructed the faithful to sign against the letter they
deemed their own.
In the first letter, the ‘church’ had accused the leadership
led by Pastor Nthawa and Rev. Syuma of a number misdeeds in the church that had
led to the current stalemate. Among these accusations included misappropriation
of church and school funds, managing the affairs of the two institutions like
personal property, mistreating the pastors and teachers and administering or
covering up the issue of devil worshipping within the church.
In the letter, Pastor Nthawa, who is the pastor in-charge,
was personally accused of orchestrating the sacking of Rev. Mutisya and unprocedural
transfer of Pastor Zachariah who the faithful claim was against devil
worshipping in the church. Pastor Nthawa was also accused of covering up the
issue of devil worshipping even though the matter had been on his desk since
August last year.
The letter alleged that Pastor Nthawa had been very
arrogant, handling the faithful with contempt and also threating faithful with
arrests if at all they negated his stand in relation to the current standoff.
The other letter accused the second group (Kamaliza
Initiative) of spreading unsubstantiated claims of devil worshipping within the
Makongeni Church. Pastors Zachariah and Josephine were alleged to be members of
this group whose sole aim was to oust
Pastor Nzau.
The letter wanted the Kamaliza group to start their own
church with Pastor Zachariah as they did not have the interest of the AIC
Church at heart.
(See Also: Church Service Blocked For A Second Sunday In A Row Over Devil Worship Claims.)
(See Also: Church Service Blocked For A Second Sunday In A Row Over Devil Worship Claims.)
Reacting to the standoff, Bishop Mule appealed for calm and patience
as they sought for a permanent solution to the whole stalemate.
“This matter may take a month to solve and I am appealing to
all of you to stay calm and let the church council dig out the root cause of
the whole matter. We promise you that we will ensure fairness and we are sure
that we will get over this,” said Bishop Mule.
The bishop further announced the suspension of all the
pastors and church leaders pending the investigations.
“In the meantime, the area church council (diocese) will
take over this church. We will send some pastors to be administering to you on
an interim basis until we resolve this matter,” said the bishop.
In attendance was Bishop Rev. Joshua Nzau Kimeu of Kibra
Nairobi who warned the faithful against being party to fighting anointed church
leaders for such acts could attract the wrath of God.
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