A man and a woman were recently arraigned at the Nairobi court to answer to the charge of cyber harassment following their allegations that a certain church in Nairobi was involved in human exploitations and sacrifices.
Mathew Mwangi Gitonga and his counterpart Grace Wangui Ndinguri were charged with cyber harassment, an offense which does not conform to the cyber computer misuse and crime acts.
Gitonga who is a YouTuber cum-a gospel artist was arraigned alongside preacher Wangui before senior principal magistrate Paul Rotich of Makadara law courts
In the charge sheet, ” the two on August 28 at an unknown place within the republic of Kenya without lawful excuse posted an indecent and grossly offensive video on a you tube channel dubbed Ruco Mwangi Kenya revivals” it reads.
According to the detectives, Wangui’s allegations were recorded and posted on the channel owned by artist Gitonga. According to the investigations, Wangui made the damning allegations, depicting a Nairobi church code-named J.W.C. as a cultic one whose doctrines mirrored the infamous Shakahola victims.
Wangui who was a guest hosted by Gitonga through a question and answer moments, claimed that the said church brainwashed, exploited and eventually sacrificed humans.
The Chairman of the alleged church Boniface Maina Iregi informed the authorities after he stumbled on a two-hour video where Wangui was being questioned by Gitonga.
And at some point, she accused the church’s Bishop of taking away people’s property and eventually sacrificing them.
Wangui, was further recorded alleging that so many people have lost lives in that church and he labeled him as an evil person. Mwai reported the matter to authorities in Kasarani prompting for an immediate investigations.
Gitonga was arrested in Nakuru on August 30, two days after publishing the the jaw dropping allegations. On the flip side, Wangui was summoned and recorded her statement and both were released on cash bail.
Wangui confessed to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) that she is a Christ Ambassador and that she possesses a gift of prophecy and intercession.
She revealed to detectives that she had no intentions of framing the church but she aimed at saving innocent lives and educate vulnerable Kenyans no to fall for such gullible churches and to prevent another Shakahola tragedy.
Ms Wangui further in her statement, pointed an accusing finger at the government for failing to regulate and shut down rogue churches that engages in extreme practices such as human sacrifices.
She claimed that she was only doing God’s work of exposing those hiding in the blanket of religion while hunting unsuspecting humans to exploit them sexually, financially and eventually sacrifice them.
Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has been notified by the Kasarani DCI to preserve the said clip on Gitonga’s YouTube channel to have it not pulled down.
The video according to the DCI shall be translated from Kikuyu dialect to English for purposes of accountability.
The duo was released on a cash bail of Sh 20,000 pending hearing on October 27 this year.
