Divine justice: Bomet pastor clobbered for peeping at women as they bath in river

A pastor at a small church (identity withheld) in Bomet County survived mob justice after he was caught peeping at women and filming them as they took a bath at a local river.

A herdsman who was passing a few metres from the public bathing place on the shores of River Nyangores stumbled on the man of God, peering at the bathing women as he filmed and took pictures of them.

The peeping Tom took off immediately the herder raised alarm.

Unluckily for him, the herdsman and members of the public who were in pursuit caught up with him and rained kicks and blows on him for invading the women’s privacy.

“Some of your sermons against immorality are fresh in our minds, yet here you are filming naked woman as they bathe and sun themselves. You are setting a bad example,” hissed one of the locals as they beat the pastor.

Efforts by the peeping tom to wiggle himself from the sticky situation bore no fruits.

The kicks, blows and slaps kept coming, even as he tried to explain that he had accidentally stumbled upon the women’s bathing area as he looked for a better place to answer a call of nature.

“I had gone in the bush to relieve myself, but had not gotten a better place to do so. I found myself into the forbidden territory by accident,” explained the pastor, but the angry mob would hear none of it.

Naked village women

“This must be a wolf in sheep clothing, preying on our women,” screamed yet another resident. “You buy a new phone and the best way to test its camera and quality of pictures is by filming naked village women as they take a bath?” scoffed another local, after the pastor claimed he was testing how good the camera of his new phone was.

Further attempts by the pastor to beg for mercy from the angry crowd fell on deaf ears.

“The herdsman did not clearly see what I was doing. I was in a squatting position, relieving myself as I tested the camera of my new phone,” cried the pastor.

After being forced to unlock his phone, the incriminating evidence found in his gallery proved him guilty.

“What do you take us for? Fools? What are these videos and pictures of naked women doing in your phone, if, indeed, you had gone to answer long call of nature in the bush?” barked yet another local.

Another man questioned his credibility as a pastor. “We doubt you are a genuine preacher. You are the kinds of people who give other good pastors a bad name,” the local said.

Had it not been for the intervention of administration policemen who whisked him away, he would have been dead meat.

The man of God now walks around with a dubious reputation and the stigma of a fake and immoral pastor, which has seen him shunned by his peers. Surprisingly, worshippers still flock his church.