Owalo: Why State cannot pull down offensive content on TV

Makenzi, who is currently in police custody pending investigations into the death of over 400 people, has been in court before over his controversial activities.

"Nigeria is on record suspending the airing of live miracles in their media channels. What about Kenya? Something needs to be done so that we do not have another religious leader indoctrinating Kenyans, the way Mr Makenzie has done, leading to the deaths of over 400 people," said Mungatana.

Owalo said the government will set up a call centre for all public complaints at the Konza Technopolis. The information received will be relayed to the relevant government departments for necessary action. The phone numbers that will be used will be toll-free, he said.

Mungatana wondered why the Ministry had not taken action against some religious leaders who are openly defrauding Kenyans through the various broadcast channels through which they urge citizens to send some money for instant miracles well aware that this is not true.

He said some religious leaders rehearsed several times before performing the alleged miracle healings in an effort to hoodwink Kenyans.

"If someone is reading to perform miracle healings, he should go to the various hospitals and pray for the sick to get well and go home," said Mungatana.

He added: "It is unfortunate that we have some religious leaders engaging in activities that are aimed at getting money from desperate Kenyans through content they broadcast on various channels. The time has come for the government to put its foot down to prevent another Shakahola from happening."

Bungoma Senator Wafula Wakoli called on the Judiciary not to operate in isolation when handling matters of public interest, such as the Shakahola killings.

The legislator cited the case of Makenzie who was arrested and released several times despite the availability of evidence that he was up to no good. In the end, this led to the current catastrophe, Mr Wakoli said.

He said had all the relevant government agencies performed their roles effectively, Makenzie would have been stopped and his radicalization activities ended. "This could in turn have prevented what is currently looking like a genocide with so far more than 400 bodies exhumed and the exercise still going on."