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How Makenzi used WhatsApp to direct followers after church was closed

Controversial preacher Paul Makenzi with his lawyer at Mombasa Law Courts during the hearing of the Shakahola masacre case. [File, Standard]

A series of text messages exclusively obtained by the Sunday Standard has given a sneak preview of the life in the wild led by one of Kenya’s most controversial preachers Paul Nthenge Makenzi.

The text messages, mostly from his followers and some of his replies, were recently tabled in court in one of the cases Makenzi faces.

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