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Khalwale puts Senate team on the spot for touring Ezekiel's church 'on their own'

Kenyan televangelist and the head of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church Pastor Ezekiel Odero when he appeared before the Senate ADHOC Committee investigating the Shakahola deaths at Parliament on October 13, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Members of the Senate Ad-hoc committee investigating the Shakahola massacre have been faulted for allegedly sponsoring themselves to tour controversial Pastor Ezekiel Odero's church, where he was cleared of operating a mortuary and a cemetery.

Senate Majority Whip Boni Khalwale kicked up a storm in the plenary, raising questions why members of the committee toured Pastor Odero's New Life Church premises in Kilifi County on Monday.

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