2 Foreigners Facing Lifetime Ban Over Links With Paul Mackenzie Speak Out
Dave and Sherry Mackay, televangelists, have addressed for the first time the recommendations of a Senate ad hoc committee that they are prohibited from traveling to Kenya on account of their alleged ties to the controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie.
The two individuals stated distancing themselves from the contentious cult leader in a Tuesday response to PoliticalPulseChat. In it, they claimed that the Senate Committee had relied on an unidentified source who failed to furnish Senators with factual information.
The Mackays maintained that they have never engaged in any form of physical or virtual interaction with Mackenzie.
“Once again, no evidence is given for this. I have never had any contact with Paul Mackenzie, not in person, not through email, nor via phone, zoom, or social media. Once again, the committee has not provided any evidence to support this claim,” read the statement in part.
“The Committee rightly refers to a sermon delivered by a friend of mine, in 2019, at a meeting organised by Paul Mackenzie. That sermon can be viewed in its entirety, as it was filmed by followers of Mackenzie and displayed on their website,” the statement added.
As a result, the couple demanded that the committee disclose the source’s identity, asserting that the report contained defamatory information.
Conversely, the Mackays contended that the Senators were similarly uninformed regarding their status as religious leaders, asserting that they had ceased operations of the organization they established.
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Both individuals stated that they did not possess any official positions within the organization and refuted claims that they operated as a cult institution.
“If the worship of Jesus is enough to define a group as a cult, then it is quite likely that every church in Kenya would fit your definition.
“The report states that our teachings “include forsaking all private ownership.” This much is correct. Voluntary poverty and a communal lifestyle have been part of many Catholic orders, as well as some Protestant movements over the centuries,” the Mackays countered the Senate committee.
The Mackays’ reply was issued several weeks after the Senate Committee’s recommendation that the pair be permanently barred from entering the country.
The pair were allegedly involved in providing Mackenzie with anti-government summonses to incite his adherents, as stated in the report.
Significantly, the Huduma Namba was among the governmental initiatives that the two individuals purportedly opposed, asserting that it bore the mark of the beast, a biblical prophecy associated with the demise of the world.
The Senate will conduct deliberations on the report before its adoption for implementation.
2 Foreigners Facing Lifetime Ban Over Links With Paul Mackenzie Speak Out