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Ni God Manze: Yesu wa Tongaren gained more followers after recent arrest

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If the arrest of Eliud Wekesa alias 'Yesu wa Tongaren' was meant to dissuade his faithful from going to his church, it has achieved the opposite.

Wekesa says the number of followers has gone up since he was released from police custody. Yesu wa Tongaren spent four nights at the Bungoma Police Station before he was released by a Bungoma court after the prosecution said they have no evidence against him. He was accused of radicalization, money laundering, and cult-teachings.

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