Wednesday,
30 December 2015 -A pastor set himself on fire in his Nairobi house on Tuesday
upon learning he would not be in Prophet Owuor's convoy to a crusade in Kisumu.
Police said
preliminary investigations showed Pastor Fred Otieno attempted suicide after he
was assigned duty in a different place ahead of Owuor's trip on Wednesday.
A security
officer and reverend only identified as Gitonga said he noticed smoke emanating
from Otieno's house at Runda Mumwe estate, gate 128.
"We rushed there and found the pastor [who
serves at Kings Outreach Ministries] unconscious in his bedroom." he told officers from Kiambu police
station.
Kiambu
police boss Steven Ng'etich said Otieno's clothes were in a heap that was on
fire and that a 13-kg gas cylinder was on.
Ng'etich
said the pastor suffered burns to the legs, hands and forehead in the 10am
incident but is in stable condition at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Thousands
of Christians are expected to attend the New Year prayers going on until
January 4. Some 1,200 police officers were to be deployed to keep guard.
The Star
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