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Pastor Ezekiel's church in Nyeri closed

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A congregant, Leah Kabatha, addresses members of the press flanked by Lawyer Dantsan Omari at the New Life Church in Nyeri. [Ndungu Gachane, Standard]

Over 300 christians allied to Pastor Ezekiel Odero's New Life Christian Church were forced to cut short their mass after a security multi-agency team in Nyeri ordered them to close the church on Sunday.

The church leaders were ordered to abandon the mass over claims they did not have proper documentation, the branch pastor David Manyasi said.

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