I Conned Kenyans to Get Out of Poverty, Pastor Kanyari Confesses

Pastor Victor Kanyari, alias Bishop Mwangi, has opened up about his controversial call to his followers to send in money to receive blessings and miracles.

Preaching recently at his Salvation Healing Ministry church in Nairobi, Kanyari confessed that the ‘mbegu ya 310’ call to his followers was not meant for the said miracles, but he was looking for a means to get out of poverty.

“Mimi ndio nilikuwa mhubiri anaongea Nairobi, hakukua na mwingine. Kina Ezekiel na Ng’ang’a hawakuwa, mimi ndio nilikuwa naongea hii town. Lakini sikuwa na pesa, ndio maana nikaanza kuitisha (Ksh)310. Nikasema panda mbegu ya 310 na tusibishanebishane. Si kutaka kwangu, umaskini ulikuwa umenitandika sawasawa,” Kanyari confessed.

He, however, went ahead to maintain that he used to perform miracles that included healing people and dragging others out of poverty through prayers.

“Nikaanza kuitisha 310 my friend, lakini sikujua Mungu alinipatia akili na maarifa, pesa nitajitafutia. Mungu alinipa annointing, lakini haikuwa annointing ya pesa. Ilikuwa ya kuponya watu magonjwa,” Kanyari added.

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The preacher went on to say that today he is rich and has several cars, some of which he does not have a place to park. He also said his kids are in good schools as well.

It was in 2014 when KTN’s then investigative desk, Jicho Pevu, exposed how Kanyari was conning his followers through fake miracles, all stage-managed behind church curtains.

Kanyari would then use the fake miracles to dupe his followers into sending him Ksh310 every time they wanted prayers.

The preacher would later turn outreach, but the exposé led to separation from his then-wife, singer Betty Bayo.

Bayo distanced herself from her husband’s actions. The 11th-hour hitmaker was at the top of her singing career when the exposé came.