{"id":596,"date":"2026-10-13T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=596"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:15:07","slug":"3-pastors-linked-to-exorcism-ritual-that-left-4-children-severely-burnt-granted-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"3 pastors linked to exorcism ritual that left 4 children severely burnt granted bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20250717__672K3WE__v3__MidRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictChristianityChur-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20250717__672K3WE__v3__MidRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictChristianityChur-og_image.webp 945w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20250717__672K3WE__v3__MidRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictChristianityChur-og_image-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20250717__672K3WE__v3__MidRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictChristianityChur-og_image-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three church leaders who were arrested in connection with an alleged exorcism ritual that left four children severely burnt with hot water at St. Abraham Israel Assemblies of God Church in Bondo Sub-County have been released on bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaudensia Juma, Steven Omondi and Clinton Obudho were arraigned before Bondo Resident Magistrate Christabel Maiyo and charged in connection with the burning of the minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court heard that the offence was committed on diverse dates up to October 4, 2026, and the three denied the charges before the Resident Magistrate granted Juma a bond of Ksh.100,000 or cash bail of Ksh.50,000, while Omondi and Obudho were each released on a bond of Ksh.300,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three church leaders who were arrested in connection with an alleged exorcism ritual that left&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}