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Legio Maria rivals split days after announcing truce

Pope Romanus Ongombe and Pope Raphael Adika meets for the first time at St Michael Kwayo Mapera Legion Maria church on May 19, 2019 (Caleb Kingwara, Standard)

Confusion has once again rocked the Legio Maria church, days after rival factions announced a truce.

The church has for the last 10 years been embroiled in leadership wrangles which saw two parallel factions emerge; one led by Pope Romanus Ong’ombe, headquartered at Got Kwer in Migori County, and the other led by Pope Raphael Adika based at Kona Lejo in Kisumu.

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