A certain section in Kenya is facing an increase in spiritual crime that is apparently leading to an alarming loss of lives in the region.
As a result,Kilifi County Commissioner Magu Mutindika has ordered arrest and prosecution of fake pastors and traditional medicine men for being behind the killings of people suspected to be practising witchcraft.
Mutindika said the purported ‘prophets’ and medicine men have been inciting the public to commit murder on suspected witches.
In Rabai sub-county, 29 people have been lynched in the last two years over suspicion of practising witchcraft.
The county boss said the number is alarming.
He spoke during a sensitization workshop organized by Haki Yetu organization aimed at deliberating how to end the killing of elders in Rabai and other parts of the county.
The meeting was attended by seven chiefs, 16 assistant chiefs, Rabai OCPD David Maina and John Lelei, the area DCI.
“Most of the medicine men come from Tanzania to conduct the fake rituals, members of the public should be on high alert to avoid being victims of their propaganda that has led to hate and bloodshed,’’ he said.
Mutindika said medicine men demand money from families to conduct special prayers so as to drive away evil and reveal the identity of the suspected witch.
The County Commissioner said such backward ideologies should stop and warned the perpetrators their days were numbered.