Two pastors belonging to the Pentecostal
World Mission Outreach in Werugha
escaped death by the whiskers as they
were almost lynched by an angry mob,
after they were caught with a 9 foot
python and a dead chameleon in their bag.
The two men named Pastor Daudi Kafuta
Namwudu and Prophet Ibrahim from
Mwakaleli village in Ronge Juu in Taita
Taveta County in Mwatate district, were
said to have been deceiving the locals,
using the animals to perform miracles,
Kenyan Post reports.
The men were in the habit of seeing
revelations of snake in the homes of those
in need of their services and when
conducting their miracles in the home,
they would produce the snake they carry in
their bags to scare the people.
The pastors also claimed to have the ability
to chase out evil spirits and they had been
performing fake miracles until they ran
out of luck and were caught.
According to the Mwatate OCPD, Francis
Mwangi, the pastors have been fleecing
unsuspecting residents of millions of
shillings through false prophesy.
He explained that the suspects had been
moving around with the snake while
performing their alleged pastoral duties.
The police arrested one of the men, Daudi
Kafuta, while his accomplice escaped.
Upon interrogation, Pastor Kafuta who was
in his official cloak at the time of the
arrest, said they were invited by a family
in the area to perform some miracles.
He said: “We were invited by a family at
Rong’e Juu location to go and perform
God’s miracles. I came with Prophet
Ibrahim from Mombasa but I did not know
that he had a snake with him. The snake is
not mine but it belongs to Ibrahim,”
Kafuta told The Standard at the Kenya
Wildlife Service headquarters at Tsavo East
National Park where police handed over
the 9-feet python for safe custody.
“We have been performing miracle with
Prophet Ibrahim for the last one month. I
did not know that he has a snake.”