A family in Bubasi, Kisii county, is desperately searching for their loved one, who has not returned home for years. It has been two painful years since the disappearance of Geoffrey Mainye Moenga since the family last spoke to him. Moenga was a staunch follower of the controversial leader of the defunct Goodnews International Ministries, Paul Mackenzie. Moenga’s mum recounts last conversation with son He had also begun to introduce his family, including his beautiful wife and three young children, to the cult. “He had told me there was a church he was attending which belonged to Mackenzie. I did not think of Mackenzie as a bad person then.
He told me he was a televangelist and preached on the television. He told me a story. I do not know since I do not have a television here,” Josephine Nyaboke, Moenga’s heartbroken mum, painfully shared. The elderly woman expressed that the mysterious disappearance of her son has undoubtedly taken a toll on her. Geoffrey went missing days after his last conversation with his mother, leaving her and the family sorely worried. Moenga’s sister-in-law opens up about his beliefs Caroline Mwende opened up on the beliefs his brother-in-law so greatly upheld before the Shakahola massacre became public in 2023.
“When he would visit, he would talk about not taking his children to school because, according to the church’s beliefs, their children are not supposed to attend school. He also said the kids’s hair was not supposed to be plaited. The mum has been troubled very much. She is going through a lot since the heartbreaking news because she does not know if her son is alive or dead,” Mwende faintly said. Efforts to reach their kin through his mobile phone remained futile as the calls were not going through. The villagers devised a schedule for learning a shoulder and helping hand to the distraught family.
Geoffrey Moenga’s uncle criticises government on Shakahola issue The family remains upbeat that they will reunite with their missing son one day despite waiting for a long. “Kindly look into this matter. There were so many people involved in the Shakahola massacre, and the government has not done enough,” Joel Obara, Moenga’s uncle, said. Moenga had been recruited alongside his wife and three daughters to the cult, with the family alleging the daughters had already been buried. His wife was rescued from the Shakahola Forest and detained alongside Mackenzie in Mombasa county.
by John Green
