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Self-declared Kenyan ‘Prophet’ Yohana Wanyama opens up on 36 wives, church and new bible

Yoanah Nabii Nakalira (right) with Emmanuel Simuyu take followers through a word of God. Nabii Nakalira is a self proclaimed prophet of God, with his trainee ministers at his Nandolia village home in Bungoma on April 15th, 2016. [Photo: CHRISPEN SECHERE/Standard].

Self-declared Prophet Yohana Wanyama is the latest spiritual sensation from a region that is famous for new religions and controversial prophets.

From Elijah Masinde of the Dini Ya Musambwa fame, who had converts across Western and parts of Rift Valley regions, to Jehova Wanyonyi, whose disappearance a few months ago remains a top-kept secret among his disciples, Bungoma County takes the prize for religious controversy.

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