Telegraph: False claims exposed of Kenyan pastor who protected Sarah Palin from witches

False claims exposed of Kenyan pastor who protected Sarah Palin from witches
A Kenyan pastor who prayed to protect Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin from witches is being criticized at home after it emerged that his chief claim to power - that he forced an evil, spell-casting woman from town - was false.

By Nick Wadhams in Nairobi
Last Updated: 5:47PM BST 15 Oct 2008

Bishop Thomas Muthee staked his early reputation in the town of Kiambu on boasts that he banished a witch named Mama Jane, whom he blamed for crime, traffic accidents and public drunkenness in town. Once she fled, Muthee claimed, her spell was broken and peace returned.

In fact, Mama Jane never left. She is a pastor just down the road from Muthee's Word of Faith Church.

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Rival pastors in Kiambu now denounce Muthee for his treatment of Mama Jane.

"You cannot make personal gain on crucifying a woman," said an ally of Mama Jane, Pastor Gideon Maina. "As a man of God, you don't make your name by stepping on other people's names."

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