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Colonial intrigues set AIPCA leadership on a warpath that defied Mzee Kenyatta’s unity efforts

Archbishop Amos Mathenge Kabuthu spiritual father of the African Independent Pentecost Church of Africa. PETERSON GITHAIGA/STANDARD

Founding President Jomo Kenyatta blew hot and cold in his affection for the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA).

From being the man who sowed the seed of its exponential growth in 1933 to being the man who sealed the dispossession of its former schools and churches in 1963, his story is the stuff contradictions are made of.

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