Catch the fire conference: Makandiwa didn’t turn up

Comment & Analysis
BY PATIENCE NYANGOVE EMBATTLED church leader Emmanuel Makandiwa failed to attend the much publicised “Catch the fire conference,” that began last week, where he was billed to be the drawcard.

Makandiwa left the country three weeks ago for the United Kingdom after reports surfaced that police were investigating him on unspecified charges. But officials from his United Family International (UFI) church insisted that he was on holiday.

There were also reports that he had gone to the UK to meet his spiritual father, Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng, who heads a church called Power Chapel World Wide.

Hundreds of people thronged the National Sports Stadium, where the crusade was held, but indications are that attendances plummeted as the week progressed, as Makandiwa failed to turn up.

Makandiwa was recently dragged to the High Court over his “spiritual link” airtime recharge card invention.

The system allows Makandiwa’s followers to receive devotional messages from the popular evangelist.