"I see two coffins of prominent people," City prophetess claims

Jemima Wangari, 42, has been preaching outside Hotel Ambassadeur at the city centre for more than five years now.

Wangari’s controversial prophecies mostly revolve around deaths of prominent leaders who seem to “die in twos.” She claims that God has anointed her to deliver messages about success and tragedies to Kenya’s top politicians.

Some of her prophecies, the 42-year-old claims, have come to pass while others are things that she claims will happen in the future.

Her daughter, Rachel Njeri, told The Nairobian that her mother has predicted many things. Wangari now claims that God has shown her a vision of “two open coffins” of prominent leaders (names withheld).

She however refused to reveal the exact date or time when they will die, but claims she has a “secret” to stop the tragedies.

The self-proclaimed prophet claims she was pushed to accept Christianity after hardships she endured in her childhood, including becoming dumb as her sister-in-law had cast a spell on her.

The woman claimed she dropped out of Kijabe Primary School in standard seven because she wanted to “serve God.”

The prophetess accepted to follow Christ during a prayer vigil (kesha), and from that moment she learnt how to read Kiswahili and Kikuyu well, a skill that helped her to read the Bible and preach.

But it was also the time she got married and faced the worst period of her life. She told The Nairobian she could not conceive for eight years.

“In 1994, while walking in Kayole estate, I heard people who were loudly praying in a nearby house. At the time, I was desperate for a child. I entered the house and found three women who prayed for me and when one of them hit me with a Bible, God spoke to me for the first time. He told me I was ready to conceive. Our firstborn daughter (with her husband) was born in 1996,” she said.

Wangari said problems with the in-laws persisted until 1999 when she received “heavenly direction” after long prayers.

She claims she was asked to approach a top candidate (name withheld) for the general election in 2002. The politician owned a huge chunk of land in Nakuru.

“God directed me to the aspirant, and after several unsuccessful attempts to see him at his 13th floor office around GPO, I finally met him. I told him about the prophecy and that God had showed me he was going to win the elections but in pain. I told him he would bury several of his close allies in the future. After that, he told me to look for land in Nakuru, and that he would pay for it,” she claims.

“When I returned three weeks later, after finding a two-acre piece of land in Nakuru going for Sh450,000, he refused and dismissed me with Sh1,000.”

Her attempts to reach powerful leaders around State House, Parliament and in other government offices to pass “messages from God,” were often thwarted by bodyguards and police.

About the post election violence, she says, “I got revelation that there was going to be bloodshed after 2007-2008 general election, but my attempt to reach top the leadership was thwarted when I was locked up for three days.” The prophetess claims,“From 2013, God has shown me two open coffins of powerful leaders and their names and what Kenyans and the leaders need to do, including seeking forgiveness. For now, I can reveal that there will be bloodshed until 2016. But if the top leaders gives me audience, I am ready to reveal the secret to stop their deaths,” she told The Nairobian.

Her daughter said she believes her mother’s prophecies.

“One memorable one is the Nakumatt Downtown fire incident (that claimed the lives of about 30 people in 2009). She told me it would happen while we were going to shop in town and when we alighted, it turned out to be true. Others include fire incidents at a school in Buruburu,” she says.