Christian sect members arrested for manipulating followers into drinking miracle borehole water instead of going to hospital
Preliminary findings indicate that Alamo has been manipulating her congregation and victims into total submission to live solitary life from other community members.
Three members of a new Christian sect in Wera Sub-County, Amuria district, spent a night in police cells for allegedly manipulating their followers against seeking modern medicine. The sect instead encourages its members to drink miracle borehole water.
The trio identified as John Steven Obelon, Emmanuel Okello and Ben Auto are sons of the sect leader, Sheronat Alamo, the founder of the newly founded St. Sheranat Church in Olenai Village in Wera Sub County.
The church has allegedly been recruiting, receiving and harbouring followers at the residence of Alamo Sharonat, a self-styled pastor and fortune teller, who changed her name to Alipan Serinat after allegedly being touched by the Holy Spirit.
Preliminary findings indicate that Alamo has been manipulating her congregation and victims into total submission to live solitary life from other community members.
The East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman Oscar Gregg Ageca says that the church members were confined in the worship centre and were prohibited from drinking borehole or tap water in preference for only spring water.
The followers were also prohibited from seeking or getting medical attention from any hospital or even going to the hospital in case they fell sick. They were instead asked to spend their time (both days and nights), praising, worshipping, and studying the Bible.
In the process, some of the followers developed ailments after starving for days without eating or drinking water. By the time of the arrest, some followers were found in critical health condition, worshipping at St. Sheranat Church.
