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Court finds PCEA clerics guilty of contempt, face jail

PCEA reverends Robert Waihenya (left) and Mutahi Thegu.[Courtesy]

Two senior Presbyterian Church of East Africa clerics face potential jail time after a High Court judge found them guilty of contempt for defying court orders.

Reverends Peter Mwaura Mutahi and David Waihenya appeared before Justice Stella Mutuku after church member Benjamin Njoroge Mburu accused them of ignoring an injunction that barred the installation of David Nderitu Ndumo as the church's honorary treasurer in April last year.

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