Parents want a famed Tanzanian ghost buster to cleanse a school in Kenya that has been closed because of witchcraft. Students at Tala High School in the Kangundo District were sent home January 30 after they claimed ghosts were molesting them. On January 29, assorted witchcraft paraphernalia was recovered from students. Parents said they want the exorcist, Maji Marefu, who has in the past three years exorcised ghosts in schools and homes in Ukambanito, to cleanse the school. Marefu said he was willing to do the work, but the demand by parents is likely to put them on a collision course with the Catholic Church, the official sponsor of the school. Read more of the article at allafrica.com.
Posted by Louise Ash on 01 February 2007 in Feature