No mystery. No witchcraft...
Posted on 02/01/2007 10:14:11 PM PST by Stoat
| Witchcraft stuff found in school |
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By Mutinda Mwanzia and Roselyn Obala
Shock gripped Tala High School in Kangundo District when a sack full of assorted witchcraft paraphernalia was recovered from students’ boxes. The paraphernalia included bones, weird drawings and powder, among other things. Priests from the nearby Tala Catholic Church conducted a cleansing ceremony and burnt the paraphernalia. In another incident, mysterious stones pelted police in Kendu-Bay as they tried to respond to a fire distress call. The fire broke out at a home, burning down a house and granary in Kanunga village, forcing the owner to call for help from police based in Kendu-Bay, Rachuonyo District. Nyanza Provincial Police Officer, Ms Grace Kaindi said when police attempted to respond to the call, the police vehicle was hit by "stones coming from the sky, forcing them to halt the operation." The fire had gutted a house belonging to Mr John Omundo, 75. Omundo told the police he saw his house catch fire, "but nobody had lit fire anywhere near it." The incident occurred on Sunday at around 5pm. |
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Kenya: Parents Call for a Ghost Buster
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
January 31, 2007
Posted to the web January 31, 2007
Mutinda Mwanzia
Nairobi
Parents want a famed Tanzanian ghost buster invited to cleanse a school that has been closed over witchcraft.
Students of Tala High School in Kangundo District were sent home on Tuesday following claims that ghosts were molesting them.
Some parents are pointing the finger at a leading Ukambani political activist.
On Monday, a sack full of assorted witchcraft paraphernalia was recovered from students' boxes. On parents said they want the exorcist, Prof Maji Marefu, to cleanse the school.
Marefu has in the past three years exorcised ghosts in schools and homes in Ukambani. "We want him to come and make the school safe for our children," a parent told The Standard at the school.
Contacted by The Standard for comment, Marefu said he was willing to do the work. But the demand by parents is likely to put them into a collision course with the official sponsor of the school, the Catholic Church.
Clergy from Tala Catholic Church burnt the paraphernalia and destroyed weird drawings and powder recovered from the students.
Machakos Catholic Bishop Martin Kivuva said devil worshipping in schools must be stemmed.
And, while other parents want more prayers held before students can be recalled, the Principal, Mr Samuel Chepkole, quickly announced that the board would meet to set the re-opening date.
Mysterious stones falling on police, huh? I have a few plausible explanations that *don't* involve witchcraft, only criminals...
Sounds like the Church could handle any needed "exorcism":
At the door, a principal to inspect bags etc.; a priest to sprinkle the students with holy water as they enter; and a nun with a supply of rulers to handle any who object or make trouble.
Expel any caught with contraband.
Stones raining down onto rooftops has been a standard experience with poltergeist cases....first time I heard
of it falling onto car roofs though.
Sounds like a Palestinian infestation.
No mystery. No witchcraft...
Don't laugh...when I was in college, I knew of several incidents where mysterious spraypaint fell on police cars.
A poltergeist sighting! Shades of Shirley Jackson.
Mysterious stones falling on police, huh? I have a few plausible explanations that *don't* involve witchcraft, only criminals...
This is of course the most likely explanation, but I found it amusing that the writers (it took TWO people to write it!) of the article didn't see fit to interview the policemen or to indicate whether a search for culprits in the vicinity took place.
It's truly a different world over there....when answers to basic questions aren't pursued, then it becomes a mystery and the void is then filled, for many, by witchcraft.
"Jackson, who was very interested in witchcraft, believed she had supernatural powers."
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