Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a street crash.
Police instructed native media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday night after his automobile was concerned in an accident with a college bus and one other automobile close to Kisumu city in western Kenya.
No less than 30 different individuals had been reportedly injured, together with an individual recognized as his spouse and a passenger in his automobile, and 15 college students within the bus.
Deya, who ran a church in London, rose to infamy within the early 2000s, following his declare that he may assist infertile {couples} conceive “miracle” infants by prayer.
Investigations later linked his church to an alleged child-trafficking ring, resulting in his arrest and extradition from the UK about eight years in the past after a decade-long authorized battle.
He was acquitted of the fees two years in the past on account of inadequate proof.
On Wednesday, Siaya County Governor James Orengo mentioned he had learnt with “deep sorrow and remorse of the passing on of Bishop Gilbert Deya”.
He confirmed that the “horrific” street accident had concerned a automobile belonging to the county.
