A Kenyan pastor was shot dead by kitui police after he was caught red-handed robbing one of the shops in Kavisuni market.
According to reports, the pastor was among a gang which robbed Muli Munyoki’s wholesale shop last week at gunpoint.
As many false pastors emerge every day, the gang is said to have been posing as pastors during the day and turn robbers at night. The suspects are said to have been operating two churches in the Matinyani area, west Kitui.
The deceased pastor has been identified as Ezekiel Muinde Mwangangi, owner of Heaven City Chapel situated in Soweto, West Kitui and was an overseer of another new church located 5 km away in Kauma market.
According to Daily Nation Kenya, Pastor’s fellow gangster who’s believed to be a worshipper at his church escaped with bullet wounds after the police rained bullets on them following a violent robbery attack.
The pastor was discovered in possession of a fake pistol, a sharp knife, and a fake police radio, while his partner, who is currently evading capture, is suspected of carrying a genuine firearm.
According to the shop owner while he was closing the shop, the suspects came in possing as police officers from kitui police station and they had claimed that they were investigating some stolen goods which they believed were being sold at his shop. However when they entered inside the shop, the suspects pulled the guns and asked him and the night security guard to lie down.
The suspects robbed him 150,000 Ugshs in cash and his phone among other valuables. The commotion alerted the police from a nearby police station who responded swiftly.
As the proverb says 39 days are for a thief and one day for the owner of the house, it was never different between these two suspects as their 39 days had elapsed. The police arrived at the scene and found the suspects trying to evade the place while still holding the owner of the shop by the shirt color.
The police ordered them to surrender but rather they decided to pull their guns trying to escape using a motor bike prompting the police officers to open fire killing the pastor instantly while his colleague escaped with bullet wounds on his left hand.
To the surprise of the police and the community the suspects were preachers from kitui.