Police finally arrest Mackenzie’s wife from hideout in Mtwapa.
Police finally arrest Mackenzie’s wife , Rhoda Mumbua Maweu was flushed out of her hideout in Mtwapa alongside her aunt on Monday night.
Rhoda Mumbua is Mackenzie’s third wife. His first wife died in 2009 leaving behind two kids. He later remarried. Unfortunately, the second wife died in 2017 leaving behind four children. That is when he married Mumbua as the third wife.
According to a tip, it is believed that Rhoda is the key personnel within the church’s operations. The authorities are investigating her role as a ‘human resource manager’ for Pastor Mackenzie’s controversial administration.
The police also believe that she is also for the controversial teachings that have led to the deaths of several people.
In a search on Mackenzie’s phone records, several incriminating messages between him and his wife were found as evidence linking the two to the massacre.
Ms. Mumbua also played a key role in recruiting new members into the Shakahola cult. The detectives also believe that she may have had access to sensitive financial information of the cultic church and may have been involved in making financial decisions in the same church.
On Monday, post-mortem examination on 110 bodies that were recovered from the Shakahola forest officially started. Led by Government Chief Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor, the autopsies will be conducted at the Malindi Sub-County Hospital Mortuary.
On his part, President William Ruto has promised that the authorities will get to the bottom of what was happening in Shakahola.
He stated,”We are Christians who believe in God. Some use religion to destroy other people and also other destructive means.”
“To ensure that what happened in Shakahola will never happen again, we are forming a Judicial Commission of Inquiry so that we can get to the bottom of what really happened in Shakahola with Mackenzie and all his collaborators,”he added.
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