Ambilikile Mwasapile, alias Babu wa Loliondo is dead. The self-proclaimed ‘miracle healer’ died on Friday afternoon while being rushed to hospital.
According to his family Babu had been unwell for two weeks.
Babu captured the attention of the whole world more than a decade ago with his concoction that made millions of people from all over East Africa troop to the remote village of Samunge in Tanzania in search of what was described as a ‘miracle cure’ for diseases such as cancer, HIV and Diabetes.
The retired Lutheran pastor made quite a fortune over his ‘miracle-healing campaign’ after seeing thousands of hopefuls trickle to little-known Loliondo, seeking his intervention on their health. Some, including Kenyans, died on the way in their quest to try out Babu’s special medicine.
Between 2010 and 2012 ‘Babu wa Loliondo’ had already administered the single cup dose to more than 6 million people. Babu, died aged 86.
