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Bishop Wanjiru attackers must be brought to book

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Televangelist Bishop Margaret Wanjiru is assisted by Church members as she leaves the church in Nairobi on March 6, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Rowdy youths went to the Jesus Is Alive Ministries (JIAM) church in Nairobi on Wednesday last week and demolished a perimeter wall and part of the building. They claimed that JIAM, owned by Bishop Margaret Wanjiru, sits on grabbed land that belongs to Kenya Railways Corporation.

Wanjiru was injured as she tried to stop destruction of her purported property by people that she later claimed were police officers.

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