Deputy Registrar of Societies Anne Njeri, who was flanked by other senior government officials, was there to implement a court directive issued four months ago. Houses at the church were also reduced to ashes after angry mobs set them ablaze. The other camp is led by Archbishop Evans Chadiva who forcibly took over the church following infighting that broke out in 2013. LEADERS ABSENTHowever, the two leaders were not present at the handing over ceremony, something that could ignite fresh infighting at the church whose headquarters are at Jebrok along Gambogi-Serem road in Vihiga County. She added: "From today, he (Mweresa) is the head of the church as per the church's constitution."

Source: Daily Nation September 12, 2017 02:48 UTC