Kenyan Televangelist Paul Mackenzie Arrested for Inciting People Against Registering for 'Demonic' Huduma Namba

Kenyan Televangelist Paul Mackenzie Arrested for Inciting People Against Registering for 'Demonic' Huduma Namba

Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie has been arrested for allegedly inciting people against registering for Huduma Namba.

The Nairobi News reports that the televangelist told his followers not to participate in the registration exercise, terming Huduma Namba as demonic.

In a sermon dubbed 'End Times' and aired on his Times TV, pastor Mackenzi told congregants that registering in the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) amounts to selling their souls to the devil.

He linked Huduma Namba to the beast bearing the mark of number 666 as written in the book of Revelation.

Detectives raided his Good News International Church in Malindi and confiscated recording equipment including cameras and computers.

Mackenzi was also arrested alongside other church officials for questioning.

The televangelist is already facing charges of religious radicalization, failing to provide basic education to his children and offering basic education in an unlicensed school at Good News International Church.

Kenya Film Classification Board Coast manager Boniventure Kioko says the court has allowed them to detain the preacher at Malindi Police Station for 21 days to enable police and film experts’ complete investigations.

“He is accused of producing audiovisual content for airing in his television namely Times TV without following the outlined procedures,” says Kioko.

“In some of the videos aired in the television, he claims that once a person obtains the Huduma Namba they shall have been sold their soul to the devil."

 

Comments

Jamama (not verified)     Sat, 04/13/2019 @ 10:49am

No wonder Trump thinks we are a shit hole country. Why is advising somebody not to get what even the courts have declared unnecessary inciting? What is inciting anyway? It is not like he was calling for violence. Shit head president shit hole country! Pombe tu kila saa

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Sat, 04/13/2019 @ 12:07pm

This move is dangerous. This is interfering with people's beliefs.
The bible is "black man's" history and constitution. It is God's word that has been taught and believed for ages. The preachers must be allowed to preach the word as it is written from Genesis to Revelation even if it hurts some people. The Hebrew Israelites in America are teaching the same thing (Watch you tube). They are teaching against taking the mark of the beast ( which is a technology chip). What is called " Huduma" number is requiring unnecessary private information from the individual. The question is what for and for whom? Our forefathers lived complete lives without providing such information.
Interfering with people's religious beliefs or dictating the same will lead to dangerous heights of conflict. People's spiritual beliefs are private and personal.
(classified as religious rights)
If we stop the bible, are we ready also to stop the Koran, the Torah, and all others. In these books can the government select the verses to be taught and the verses to be left out?

Godhavemercy (not verified)     Sat, 04/13/2019 @ 03:30pm

The pastor deserved to be arrested. Check the dictionary. This is inciting. You are telling your followers not to obey laws. Then what?????? Using your followers as pawns. It amazes me how foolish citizens have become when it comes to following these so called preachers. You have control of your destiny. It is about time to put a check on these self serving preachers.
Use your commonsense and think for yourself. I am waiting for the day when one of those preachers come back from the dead with pictures of heaven or hell(hoping that they will not forget their smartphones). Until then. It is all bull. The rest is trivial pursuit.

Diana (not verified)     Sun, 04/14/2019 @ 08:15am

It clear the Devil is fighting back. God protects his people. Huduma Number is the mark of satan.

Kenya (not verified)     Sun, 04/14/2019 @ 09:26am

This criminal should be rotting in Shimo la Tewa prison. Last year he was telling his followers not to take their children to school.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Sun, 04/14/2019 @ 12:18pm

The government should just close down all the foreign colonial churches. They have become a pest in the country with their moral bankruptcy on display. No more preaching. People can seek God on their own. The foreign churches are no longer useful to the public. The churches have become breeding grounds for immorality, sodomy, rapists, stealing, killing, money roudering, and everything else evil. They have become part of corruption and can no longer be trusted. People no longer seek guidance from those buildings or from their occupants. (In Europe, churches have been abandoned completely; In America people are leaving churches in droves and since we always copy the West, Kenya and Africa should do the same. Preaching anything else other than the ten commandments by the church is useless.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Wed, 04/17/2019 @ 12:53pm

Kanisa lolote nchini au msikiti wowote nchini ambao utamkubali mwanasiasa kuwahutubia waumini kanisani au msikitini ni lazima kanisa hilo au msikiti huo uanze kulipa kodi.

Jameni! Tumechoka na siasa kila mahali. Naomba bunge lipitishe azimio ya kwamba hakuna mwanasiasa yeyote atakayeruhusiwa kuwahutubia "wafuasi kondoo" mahali pote pa kuabudu mpaka milele na milele.

Mwanasiasa akitaka kwenda kanisani au msikitini kuabudu hiyo ni sawa. Lakini kuchukua nafasi ya kazi yake kutoa mambo ya siasa mahali pa kuabudu, likomeshwe mara moja.

Mwanasiasa yeyote atakayetoa hotuba yake kanisani au msikitini au kutoa pesa kanisani au msikitini ashitakiwe kwenye "Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission" mara moja kwa kutoa hongo mahali pa kuabudu.

Nakuomba Ndugu Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta ukomeshe mambo yote ya siasa nchini kote mpaka 2021. Tumechoka kusikia siasa kila sehemu ya nchi yetu.

Achieng Achieng (not verified)     Fri, 06/14/2019 @ 07:41am

Read the bible prophesy, the book of Daniel is clear.what this huduma chip is up to! only Jesus has the answer for the world today.

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