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Sh70m for Legio Maria’s ‘Messiah’ Melkio Ondetto mausoleum in Migori

Migori Governor Okoth Obado (right) receives blessings from Pope Romanus Ong'ombe of Legio Maria at the annual pilgrimage in Got Kwer in Suna West, yesterday. He helped raise Sh1.6 million for the church [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard]

Migori County government and the Legio Maria sect will transform the mausoleum of the sect's founder Melkio Ondetto into a religious tourist attraction monument at a cost of Sh70 million.

Followers refer to Ondetto as the Messiah and they refer to the Bible as 'Sulwe'. The sect has followers in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya.

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