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Court fails to stop closure of Pastor Ezekiel's church

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Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church before the Senate last year. [File, Standard]

Pastor Ezekiel Odero's New Life Prayer Center in Kilifi is facing closure after Court of Appeal upheld a directive from the Registrar of Societies to deregister the church.

The court, led by Justices Daniel Musinga, Kathurima M'Inoti, and Mwaniki Gachoka, dismissed Odero's application to suspend the deregistration, stating that he failed to exhaust all dispute resolution mechanisms before approaching the court.

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