Pastor who ordered women to attend prayer without bras and inner wear now fears for his life

Pastor Michael Mulama

The pastor of a church in Dandora estate alleged to haveoutlawed women from wearing innerwear and brasduring prayer service is on the run after an irate mob
stormed and demolished his church.Reverend Michael Mulama, the senior pastor at JesusJubilation Centre in Dandora Phase 2, was reported onsocial media to have termed underpants ‘ungodly’ andbanned female members of his church from attendingSunday services in panties and bras.

When the The Nairobian caught up with Pastor Mulama
in his hiding place, he blamed members of a different
community for spreading a lie, saying he was afraid and
on the run because people he trusted with his life had
conspired with his enemies to finish him.

“Since I started preaching, some people from a certain
community have been unhappy with me because I am
not one of their own. That’s how they conspired and
bribed some women to spread the news that I told them
to be attending the services without panties,” he said.

“I am an educated man. I’ve even preached abroad.
Check my messages online; I am not insane to do such
things,” he added.

When word of the ‘nude prayer worship’ spread, Mulama
claims he tried to report the matter in the chief’s office
but was attacked by goons who tied and took him to the
dump site (Dandora) where they robbed him phone and
Sh80,000 he had in his wallet.

Tarnish my name


He blames the local administration and his rivals for
conspiring to tarnish his name, besides colluding with
others to grab the land where his Church stood.

Kinyago Police Station Deputy OCS Benjamin Boen
confirmed Reverend Michael Mulama reported the
incident on February 25.

“He is now at large yet he reported the matter but he is
yet to record a statement and that’s criminal, I wonder if
such amount of money can fit in a wallet. Even the chief,
a woman, is shocked. We are also looking for him, I am
told basinful of women’s panties of different colours
were found in the compound, what was he doing with
them?” posed the officer.

Reverend Mulama, however, claims to have recorded the
fresh statement with the office of Inspector General. But
the contacts he left at the police station belong to
unidentified woman who had this to say when called by
The Nairobian: “I am the member of his Church and I can
confirm what people are saying about the man of God is
not true. Some people are trying to tarnish his name,”
she said before hanging up.

Reverend Mulama claims to have been Catholic Priest for
ten years but he became uncomfortable with the some
Catholic doctrines and practices.

At the same time he felt strong calling from God to serve
poorest people who live in slums.
Reverend Mulama received an inheritance in form of
piece of land from his father who urged him to care for
the poor.

God’s calling



But because he sensed that God was calling him to
serve in the slums, he sold the land to begin the
mission. “It hurts how people are taking advantage of
what I’ve toiled for all my life. If you look around
Dandora, I am the only fully trained minister with two
degrees called to serve where many preachers have run
from,” he said.

But a member of his church who identified herself as
Linnet said Reverend Mulama warned all women from
attending his services in panties with dire consequences
should they go against the rule.

“He told us when going to church we should be free in
body and spirit to receive Christ. He also said our
daughters should not be wearing underwear on
Sundays,” Linnet told The Nairobian at the scene in
Dandora.

Another woman who identified herself as Njeri said she
quit the church when she found job application letter
addressed to the preacher from a woman whose
‘inappropriate’ photo was attached on it.
Bishop Imoite Papa, General Secretary, Alliance
Churches of Kenya, termed the move ‘devilish’ saying
such preachers are out to tarnish the name of men of
cloth. “Warning women from attending service without
panties is devilish. You can tell woman to go to bed
naked, but church? How does the place of worship relate
with underwear?” quips the Bishop of Word Harvest
Christian Centre, adding that in future preachers ought
to be licensed by government.