Eliud Wekesa, also known as Yesu wa Tongaren, a controversial preacher from Bungoma, showed up at the Bungoma Police Station on Wednesday to be questioned.
Francis Kooli, the Bungoma police commander, had already summoned him.
In order to question the New Jerusalem church’s leader about allegedly dubious religious doctrine, Mr. Kooli summoned him.
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Wekesa claimed that he had done no crimes and stated that he was a man of God who was carrying out a divine purpose while addressing to the media alongside churchgoers.
“I have come to the police station because the OCS told me the county commander wants to have a talk with me and I said that I will honour, that and today I’m here,” he said.
Adding:
“According to that bible verse, the law only applies to the guilty. In my entire missionary work, ever since I began my ministry at 30 years, to this day, at 42 years, I have committed no crimes. I am only commandeering God’s holy ship and I’m doing it from a prophetic angle,” he added.
Wekesa responded that he would hire the “sun and the moon” to represent him in court when asked if he would bring lawyers with him.
“My lawyers will be the sun and the moon since I have wronged no man. And when I say sun, it’s a parable. I shall leave it to you to understand it yourselves,” he said.
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Wekesa has been ordered to return to Bungoma police station for the second day running as detectives seek to unearth any wrongdoings associated with his ministry.
Francis Kooli said the probe on Wekesa would continue after he spent time with detectives on Wednesday who probed his faith, doctrine, and change of name. Wekesa’s summon comes barely a month after the Shakahola incident in Kilifi County where many souls have been lost due to cultism.
This comes even as President William Ruto formed a Judicial commission of inquiry to probe the Shakahola cult deaths.
The commission has been tasked with establishing what led to the deaths of more than 100 people in the church owned by controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie.
In a gazette notice, the Head of State said Lady Justice Jessie Lessit will chair the commission, together with seven others.
