Kenyan ‘miracle infants’ pastor dies in highway crash

Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a highway crash.

Police instructed native media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday night after his car was concerned in an accident with a college bus and one other car close to Kisumu city in western Kenya.

A minimum of 30 different individuals have been reportedly injured, together with an individual recognized as his spouse and a passenger in his car, 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 might 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 costs two years in the past because of inadequate proof.

On Wednesday, Siaya County Governor James Orengo stated he had learnt with “deep sorrow and remorse of the passing on of Bishop Gilbert Deya”.

He confirmed that the “horrific” highway accident had concerned a car belonging to the county.