A pastor was arrested in Malindi for teaching school-going children that education was evil.
Pastor Paul Makenzi was arrested on October 2017 after officers raided his Good News International Ministries Church.
Malindi police boss Matawa Muchangi said the police received complaints that a well-known televangelist in the area made children drop out of school.
Mr Muchangi said during the raid, the police found more than 60 children in the church and also impounded Bibles, Korans, and other books and files.
The pastor’s followers who include primary, secondary and university students told the police at the time of their arrest that Pastor Makenzi was teaching them that education is not godly.
“In the church, we nabbed 35 children under the age of 10 years, 28 under the age of 16 years and 13 adults aged 18 to 35 years said to be undergoing radical training against Christian and moral teachings.”
“Some of the children interrogated said education is satanic and had left home and school to follow the pastor,” said the police boss as quoted by nation.co.ke.
Police boss Muchangi further said that adults were also arrested who are suspected to be working with the pastor to spread his controversial teachings.
The pastor was teaching the children that they should not seek medical care, go to school and participate in elections, referring to them as satanic.
Pastor Makenzi together with his wife, Joyce Mwikamba were later on charged in court with promoting radicalization and failing to provide basic education to their three children.
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