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Pastor who killed wife, self in church left 17-page suicide note

Residents of Chembani in Bamburi, Mombasa, view remains of Ground for God’s Gospel Ministries Pastor Elisha Misiko Nyadoya at the church. Inset: The suicide note. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The 50-year-old evangelical pastor who stabbed his wife and killed himself inside their church was a troubled man.

In a 17-page suicide note discovered in an envelope after the incident, Elisha Nyadoya accused his wife of 19 years, Anne Maghanga, of infidelity, conspiracy to swindle him of church property, and causing him to be held in police cells on false charges. 

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