Police on Saturday rescued 17 people from a suspected cult church in Nakuru.
According to a police report, a parent from Uasin Gishu County reported that her daughter had been confined in a house in Kamwene ‘B’ village, Kihingo ward and Njoro Sub-county.
“The police led by the OCS of Ndeffo police station visited the scene at Kamwene ‘B’ village in Njoro sub-county in Nakuru County and established that she had secured a job of Community Health Nursing at Nigeria GK dispensary,” the statement read.
Police said the job was meant for her 35-year-old daughter who is a mother of four children.
According to the report, the woman was supposed to report on April 26, 2023, but refused and travelled with her husband to Kamwene ‘B’ village.
Police found them confined in one house which belongs to a woman who is suspected to be running an unregistered and suspected cultic church known as ‘Army Rurwama’.
All were rescued and taken to Njoro Police Station for further investigation. The 17 are said to have been subjected to praying and fasting.
The 17 were rescued amid a probe into the death of more than 100 people in Shakahola forest, Kilifi County.
Police have so far detained Pastors Ezekiel Odero and Paul Mackenzie who are accused of indoctrination of their followers, leading to the deaths.
