Detectives trace Ksh 3M financial transaction between Pastor Ezekiel and Paul Mackenzie
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Detectives trace Ksh 3M transaction betweem Pastor Ezekiel and Paul Mackenzie as they seek to detain Odero for 30 days pending completion of investigations
Detectives trace Ksh 3M transaction betweem Pastor Ezekiel and Paul Mackenzie as they seek to detain Odero for 30 days pending completion of investigations.
Ezekiel Odero, the controversial preacher, was arraigned in Shanzu on Friday.
Police requested the court to detained him for 30 days pending completion of investigations.
According to convincing evidence presented to the court by the prosecution, some victims who passed away at Odero’s church were interred on property owned by Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie in Shakahola.
“He is linked to several occurrence book reports of almost 100 deaths that occurred in the church between 2022 and 2023. These deaths occurred within church precincts,” Senior Prosecution Counsel Jami Yamina told the court.
In addition, detectives said that they have traced Sh3 million in financial transactions between Odera and Mackenzie for the purchase of a TV station.
Odera admitted to buying the TV station from Mackenzie but said the business transaction should not be linked to the Shakahola deaths.
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“The buying of the tv station cannot be connected to the Shakahola killings. If such an analogue were to be sustained, then all of us who have bought second hand cars would be held responsible for the crimes committed by previous owners, including the fights with their spouses,” his lawyer argued in court.
Odero, who spent the night at the Shanzu police station, was represented by his lawyer Jared Magolo.
On the deaths recorded at Odero’s church in Mavueni, his lawyer said: “People seek spiritual intervention at the last moment, when every medical intervention has failed. Now if such a person dies are we supposed to turn to the pastor and blame him for the death?”
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