Yet another Prophet Owuor victim discovered in Mandera

The court has established that a man in Mandera is suffering depression after he sold out all his property and gave the proceeds to controversial Prophet Owuor’s church.

This is as Prophet Owuor is facing court charges over similar accusations, of taking up a huge chunk of Lawyer Jane Njagi’s wealth in the name of religion.

The lawyer’s family took up the court proceedings, and in the same way 53-year-old Backstone Agaro’s family claims he has been brainwashed by the church.

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Jane an Prophet Owuor

Mr Agaro was arrested in Mandera after asking for directions to Somalia, but the court gave a verdict to release him under grounds that he is suffering depression.

“His family members in Nairobi recorded statements at ATPU [Anti-Terror Police Unit] headquarters indicating that the respondent was a member of the Ministry of Holiness and Repentance where he gave all his investments,” said Mr Kennedy Amwayi, a State counsel.

The Ministry of Holiness and Repentance is led by “Prophet” David Owuor.

“Mr Agaro is my uncle and it is true he has been attending Bishop Owour’s church but his behaviour has surprised us,” said Mr Kennedy Mulombe by phone.

Mr Backstone Agaro
Mr Agaro

Mr Mulombe said his uncle would take all his daily earnings from his carpentry shop to the church and that he rarely eats or talks to anybody.

However, Mr Agaro insisted that he joined the church in 1994, and has never sold his property in order to give money to the church.

A note book found in Mr Agaro’s possession showed places he has visited either personally or with fellow worshipers for preaching and crusades.

In a letter to the court, police said Mr Agaro was only inquiring about the border to Somalia as it was his first time to Mandera and he got confused after passing a signpost written Mandera County.

Mr Agaro was arrested on March 6 after alighting from a bus in Mandera town at about 10pm.

The ATPU accused him then of being a Shabaab spy doing surveillance in the region and the country at large to aid the terror cell in carrying out attacks.

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