Nakuru-based spiritual leader Hellen Wanjiru on Sunday, April 30, distanced herself from the Army Rurwama suspected cult.
Speaking to the press, Wanjiru, who was arrested after 31 faithful were found in her house, claimed that she was not part of the group that deviated away from the church.
She claimed that she was sent by God to correct the manner in which the faithful conducted their worship.
"I have fought for this country through prayer and fasting. God manifested upon me a new fasting plan and asked me to issue it to the bishop because the approach they took did not work," Wanjiru stated.
The suspect, who was released from prison without bail, intimated that she had not been to church since 2009 because she believed that the leadership had deviated from the teaching of the Bible.
She added that she conducts her prayers and fasting in her house and none of her faithful was forced to fellowship with her.
"People are going to church and are prayed for but their lives do not change. God inspired preachers to be his vessel for the word, which is not the case today. That is why I left the church.
"They brandished me a cult leader but I have left God to deal with them because he is the one who anointed me," Wanjiru told KTN News.
The preacher was arrested after a mother based in Uasin Gishu reported her to the police when her daughter and husband were traced back to her.
The complainant claimed that despite securing her daughter a job as a clinical officer, the daughter took off to Njoro where she pitched camp at the suspect's house.
Njoro Sub-County Commissioner David Mbevi explained that Wanjiru, upon questioning, maintained that she was just a spiritual leader.
"There was no clearly defined religious doctrine nor organized evangelical facility. When the followers consider her as their spiritual mother, then there is something wrong," Mbevi stated.
