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Kenyans' adulation of 'celebrity prophets' has led to fraudsters, killers like Makenzi

In 2017, I was in a media team that covered the funeral service of Gen Joseph Nkaissery, who was Interior CS in Uhuru Kenyatta's government.

We arrived late at the former minister's residence. in Ilbisil, Kajiado County and thus could not get space in the main tent, where the service was taking place, seeing as the president was also in attendance.

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