Self-proclaimed ‘Jesus’, otherwise known as Eliud Simiyu plans to host a big party to welcome ‘God’, in his compound in Tongaren, Bungoma County.
His followers, popularly known as members of the new Jerusalem sect in Lukholwe village in Tongaren constituency, Bungoma County have already made preparations for the party which is to be hosted in their leader’s home this February.
According to Eliud, aka ‘Jesus’, God had revealed to three of his sect members that he would visit ‘Jerusalem’ from February 24 to 26. The members of his sect believe that Eliud’s home is the Bible’s Jerusalem.
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Members of the sect believe that everything they do is revealed to them by God through visions and dreams, including the colors and designs of the attires they use during worship.
“That is why the color and design of clothes we put on during worship are not similar,” explains Jesus of Tongaren.
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The sect discourages its members from using their official names, and are instead supposed to refer to each other as angels or prophets.
The sect holds three festivals a year – New Year, July, and October. Each is celebrated for three days when goats, sheep, and cows are slaughtered.
Eliud Simiyu, their leader was born in 1981. His parents, Francis and Cecilia Simiyu died when he was still young. He was born into the catholic faith and attended Mukuyu primary school in Tongaren, Bungoma County but later dropped out while in Form one.
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‘Jesus’ of Tongaren, or Eliud became a father immediately after he dropped out of school. He got married when he was 20 years old and is currently a father of 8, his oldest son being a technical college student in Kiambu County. His preaching career officially kicked off in 2009.
