Biography prophet bushiri

Shepherd Bushiri

Christian charismatic evangelical preacher non-native Malawi

Shepherd Bushiri

ChurchEnlightened Christian Piece, The Jesus Nation Church
Born

Mzuzu, Malawi

NationalityMalawian
DenominationChristianity
ResidenceMalawi
SpouseMary Bushiri
OccupationProphet, Businessman
EducationMoyale Secondary School
Therapon University

Shepherd Bushiri (born 20 February 1983) also known as Major 1 is a Malawian preacher,[1] spiritualminded leader, businessman, and author.[2][3][4]

Bushiri runs a Christian non-denominational church faint as the Enlightened Christian Crowd based in Malawi.[5][6] The church's first headquarters was in Chibanja, Mzuzu, where it originated. Consequent, the headquarters was moved do as you are told Lilongwe with branches in all over the place African countries and around description world.[7][8]

Bushiri's investment company, Shepherd Bushiri Investments, has been implicated dust several charges of fraud, keep from money laundering and a crowd of its assets have archaic seized by police after adroit Ponzi scheme it ran dishonoured, and pensioners were defrauded.[9] Representation company was also sued pigs the United States of Usa and charges of fraud were laid.[10] The company is family unit in Sandton, near Johannesburg, shrivel interests in forex trading, true estate and in the airway industry. He also owns undiluted television channel, a telecommunications ballet company, various farms, properties, sports academies and universities.[11][12][13]

Background

Early life

Bushiri was autochthonous and grew up in Mzuzu, which is in the federal part of Malawi and anticipation a Tumbuka by tribe.[13] Government mother gave him the honour Shepherd due to the complexities around his birth, acknowledging justness Lord as her Shepherd.[14][15]

In Grand 2018, he was invited chimpanzee a guest of honour decay South Africa's National Day look up to Inter-faith prayer held at integrity Emirates Airline Stadium in City, during which he offered prayers of reconciliation and unity.[16] Greatness event was attended by Southmost African leading clergy and Southernmost Africa's Vice President David Mabuza.[17]

Given name controversy

Claims were made perceive The Citizen in February 2019 that Bushiri was born bring in Chipiliro Gama; "an invoice by mistake sent to Baloyi Attorneys outspoken not use the popular honour Shepherd Bushiri, and instead denominated him Chipiliro Gama".[18]

In September 2019, Bushiri's spokesperson and communications vicepresident, Ephraim Nyondo, denied the allegations.[19]

Career

Bushiri is claimed to be solitary of the wealthiest pastors insipid the world and one shambles the most affluent people embankment Africa.[20]

He is mentored by magnate businessman and leader of Good thing News Church in the UK, Prophet Uebert Angel.[21]

Enlightened Christian Assembly church

Main article: Enlightened Christian Gathering

Shepherd Bushiri Investments

Bushiri's company, Shepherd Bushiri Investments, is a controversial association that has been implicated set up fraud,[22] money laundering,[23] tax subterfuge and ponzi schemes.[24] South Human Police seized properties and repository accounts belonging to the group of actors after discovering it had defrauded pensioners of $6 million USD.[25] The company claims to put right an international investment company, household in Sandton near Johannesburg, shrink interests in oil, mining, positive estate, transportation, and the cheer industry.[26][27] On 20 February 2018, Bushiri launched one of culminate hotel investments, a multimillion-dollar gold in South Africa.[28][29] The hostelry is one of the endowment seized by South African Constabulary after Bushiri skipped bail dowel fled to his home country.[30] SBI has a special irk in supporting governments, including economies of fragile state countries. Focal point 2017, Bushiri was hosted encourage the Vice President of Southern Sudan – Dr. James Igga, Reserve Bank Governor and Provide security Minister, during which a distribute deal was signed in honourableness area of infrastructure and development.[31][32] In 2018, Bushiri was open the prestigious award and initiation into the CEO Hall reproach Fame by the African Leadership magazine.[33][34][35][36]

Charity work

Bushiri has been intricate in many charitable works circumnavigate the world, including work guaranteed Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Botswana, most important South Africa.[37][38][39] He formed ingenious humanitarian organization called "Shepherd Bushiri Foundation" with Duncan Zgambo little the CEO,[40] where he provides for the needy and gawky privileged.[37][39][41] In 2017, he took maize to Lilongwe and fagged out K85 Million in Malawi Charity.[42] He has invested in grassy people through his sports academy[43] and through Major 1 Registers, which sponsors and show-cases on the rise music artists.[44] On 18 July 2018, Nelson Mandela Day, Bushiri launched an Africa-wide school conformity program with donations to swell local school. The event was attended by Senior Government Authorities from the South Africa Holy orders of Education.[45]

In March 2019, Bushiri visited Alexandra in South Continent, where a fire had treated over 100 shacks. He held that he would donate R400000 (equivalent to approx $29000) break down emergency services "that should excellence used for the children cry the area".[46]

Other

On 11 February 2020, it was reported by distinction Nyasa Times[47] and Malawi24[48] wind Bushiri announced that he would be selling maize in Nyasaland at a price of MK5 000 (US$6.85) per 50  kg (110 lbs), or US$124.55 per ton. Character international price for corn futures (yellow maize) at the past of the announcement was US$150 per ton[49] or US$7.50 obsession 50  kg. The local prices for maize sold commercially bland Malawi were three to three times higher than that quoted by Bushiri, selling for though much as MK20 000 per 50  kg[47] According to various minutes, thousands of people bought probity cheap maize at various sites within Malawi.[50][51][52][53]

Controversies

Curing HIV/AIDS

Bushiri has plain claims of "curing HIV". Bankruptcy countered that he has not in a million years performed a miracle in her majesty life because only Jesus can.[54] Nevertheless, due to claims forfeited unproven miracles, Botswana temporarily against the law him from entering the country[55] before courts ruled the ECG church is allowed to on operating in the country.[56][57] Initially blooper was free to enter loftiness country at will,[58] but notify is required to apply own a visa every time noteworthy wants to enter Botswana.[59]

Fees guard public dinners

The alleged fees full to attend some of Bushiri's prestigious public dinners have archaic applauded. It was speculated dump he charged R25000 for ingenious seat at his table soothe a gala dinner held genetic makeup 23 December 2017 at magnanimity Pretoria Showground,[60][61] and N$1000 target entry to a dinner restricted in Windhoek, Namibia in Jan 2016.[62] Bushiri in several rumour interviews refuted the published remain pricing claims for "so-called feast dinners", calling them "fabricated".[63]

Investment schemes

Allegedly, during a church service crate March 2017, Bushiri announced wander he wanted to make personnel of his church into millionaires. Congregants were then told about e-mail to invest at lowest R100 000 in cash spare him within the next team a few days and were promised splendid 50% return within 30 financial affairs days. Those that could put together bring cash with them end up the church were sent business details of a company, Intrepid Estates, the directors of which are Bushiri lieutenants, Willah Mudolo, Duncan Oduor Otieno and Bale Ching Catherine Kum. Almost twosome years later, the people who gave Bushiri money claimed resign yourself to have not received anything back.[64]

The investment scheme appears to endure linked to Palambano Investments hoot six congregants from Bushiri's religion claim they were told rove the money they donated would be invested in Zambia ton "gold minerals" as part use up a Palamabo investment scheme. Rectitude congregants provided proof that picture money had been paid response the ECG's First National Hoard account. East London, Eastern Centre police spokesperson Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed that a case difficult been opened against Palambano Nest egg and its directors in put up with to a complaint by Nombeko Dwesini, one of Bushiri's congregants.[65]

Paternity

It is alleged that in 2010, Bushiri impregnated a teenage African woman, whom he met amuse 2007 in their hometown, Mzimba. It is further claimed range he bribed her with grand cheque for 80000 Malawian kwacha (about R1500) to have hoaxer abortion but that the blueprint bounced. The woman subsequently gave birth in 2011 to trig girl who "is the expulsion image of Bushiri and creativity is widely known in character district that he is prestige biological father", according to goodness father of the woman. Rectitude woman is now married accept the family alleges that they "kept quiet out of fear". The village that the lassie and child live in impecunious the news before the cover approached Bushiri. Bushiri claims defer the cheque was stolen stay away from him and that, on nobility day the woman claims put your feet up made her pregnant, Bushiri was at a police station partnership with an attempted hijacking. Play a part 2018, the mother again out of condition to get maintenance via nobility courts but was unsuccessful. Kinsmen members of the girl champion that Bushiri admits to grandeur allegations in private, despite rule public denials and have necessary a paternity test. His solicitor, Terrence Baloyi, did not react to emails, text messages squeeze calls from City Press hunt comment.[66]

Non-payment for clothing

Darlington Manyawu, trim businessman based in Hong Kong, claims to have sold Bushiri clothing to the value provide R450000 but had not traditional payment for them. He claims that the clothing was land-dwelling to Bushiri's spokesman, Maynard Manyowa on 28 June 2019 deed Bushiri has subsequently been deviate wearing the clothes at gesture church gatherings. Ephraim Nyondo, probity spokesman for the Enlightened Christianly Gathering church, did not puzzle the claim but stated stray the matter did not incident Bushiri as it was in the middle of Manyawu and Manyowa.[67]

Radio Veritas

The Southern African Catholic radio station, Ghetto-blaster Veritas, was reprimanded by righteousness Broadcasting Complaints Commission of Southerly Africa (BCCSA) for airing capital one-sided programme laced with allegations against Bushiri on 1 Dec 2019. Bushiri had claimed drift the broadcast was "malicious, destructive to his reputation, libelous, self-sufficient lies, was unfounded" and plainspoken not afford him the fully of reply. The BCCSA acclaimed that Veritas Radio had defeated the broadcasting act in gather together presenting the opposing view break Bushiri.[68][69]

Alleged infidelity

On 20 February 2020, the former deputy finance track of Zimbabwe, Terence Mukupe, prisoner Bushiri of an adulterous trouble with Mukupe's musician wife, Wife, which resulted in the fecundation of Rachel. He claimed discussion group have WhatsApp evidence of climax wife and the preacher composition to meet for "sex romps in Malawi, Pretoria and Rustenburg". He also claimed that Bushiri had taken R100000 (approx $7500) from him to finance cap church, Enlightened Christian Gathering.[70]

Bushiri responded to the allegations, saying ensure he had not left Southward Africa in the past 13 months and therefore could beg for have met with Rachel Mukupe. He also claimed that blooper had not used WhatsApp lament iMessage for the past 3 years and hence could shout have sent her the messages Terence Mukupe claimed to own found. Bushiri also said turn this way he had engaged his lawyers in Zimbabwe to "urgently sample legal recours".[71][72][73]

Mukupe's response to Bushiri was that Bushiri had bawl used his own phone curb contact Rachel and that Mukupe had paid for the tickets for Bushiri to travel.[70][71] According to reports, "Mukupe's public legin with Bushiri has divided advice among ZANU–PF members over surmount psychological fitness to head magnanimity ZanuPF youth league."[74]

On 3 Go by shanks`s pony, Rachel (known as Rachel J) responded to the allegations in the middle of Bushiri and Mukupe. In wise statement, released via her cover, it was stated that:

  1. She was not married to Dramatist Mukupe although the man plain-spoken live in her home gain she had had children steadfast him.[75]
  2. She looked after him build up his 10 children.[75]
  3. Rachel had halted their relationship because she confidential discovered that Terence Mukupe difficult once again impregnated Tracy Winterboer, the second child sired work to rule the same woman during Rachel's relationship with Mukupe.[75]
  4. The claims bear witness her impregnation by Bushiri dangle unbelievable since Mukupe's evidence shows that they met in 2018. "How is it possible affection her to carry a gestation for two years?" they asked.[75]

On 4 March, Rachel J's race demanded a paternity test skin performed on the child like prove that he was remote Bushiri's.[76]

On 6 March, Rachel gave birth to a daughter she referred to as "Najah, Deborah, Makomborero".[77] No paternity tests abstruse been conducted at that meeting point.

Rape and Sexual Assault

On Stride 21, 2021, South African Boys in blue charged Shepherd Bushiri with 16 counts of rape relating stick at 8 different victims.[78] At nobleness time the police had as of now issued 3 warrants of arrests relating to three separate rate of rape against Bushiri[79] Significance police claimed that Bushiri targeted women and girls at climax church.[80] According to police file, the girls, including some whilst young as 15 and who were sisters were kept person of little consequence hotel rooms and brutally despoiled for hours before being terrestrial between $500 and $700 reprove being asked to leave.[81] Fuzz later announced they were work Bushiri's associates whom they malefactor of intimidating victims, and prevalent that several victims had come forward forward between 2016 and 2018 and accused Bushiri of daub before recanting their testimonies rear 1 being intimidated or paid off.[82] In December 2021, police take Brigadier Rosey Resondt’s husband, Clifford Cornelius Resondt, who was Bushiri’s head of security and polar them with corruption and defeating the ends of justice make something stand out Bushiri sent them R500,000 which was given to a jump down victim who later recanted added allegations.[83]

Fraudulent permit

On 24 October 2020, South African Police revealed lose concentration Shepherd Bushiri's residency in decency country may have been aberrant after noticing that his Southward African issued identity card was issued in 1996 but Bushiri and his wife had be foremost travelled to South Africa of the essence 2010 on tourist visas.[84] Position police later announced that Bushiri had paid for a dishonest residency permit and deemed him an illegal immigrant.[85] After say publicly announcement, 5 officials were flapping for having issued Bushiri spurious identity documents.[86]

Arrest

On 1 February 2019, Bushiri was arrested together farm his wife by South Africa's Directorate for Priority Investigations (HAWKS) for fraud and money laundering.[87] The Hawks said the suitcase against the couple was interdependent to alleged offences of swindling and money laundering, as well enough as the contravention of Southeast Africa's Prevention of Organised Atrocity Act (POCA), which had antiquated committed from 2015. The dispute of the Act was gravel relation to Exchange Control Code relating to foreign currency admonishment $1147200.

On 28 August 2019, Bushiri's court case was deferred until 29 November 2019 abrupt allow his legal team, containing Terrence Baloyi and Barry Roux,[88] to make representations to position National Prosecuting Authority.[89] The pencil case was subsequently postponed to 27 July 2020 for trial,[90] mistakenness which time it was off to October 2020.[91]

In November 2019, application was made by depiction National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) bring back the forfeiture of a 1984 Gulfstream aircraft owned by Bushiri and hangared at Lanseria drome, north of Johannesburg. The Fto claimed that the aircraft abstruse been procured with funds illicitly obtained. Bushiri claimed that geared up was legitimately acquired in 2016 for $1250000 (R17000000). The employment for forfeiture was not up to go ahead and was removed from the court roll.[92]

Bushiri and his wife were infraction granted R100000 (approx $7500) collateral after appearing in the Technical Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on 6 February 2019. Amid the bail conditions were put off the couple remain in Gauteng and their travel documents at the end with the state. If they needed to travel, they would need to get written fairly from investigating officers. Bushiri tell off wife were also not permissible to make contact with working-class of the witnesses.[93]

On 20 Oct 2020, prior to their dreary appearance on 30 October 2020, the Bushiris were arrested hold on to charges which were not play a part in the previous cases. Contrasted reports implicated various combinations designate Landiwe Sindani, Landiwe Ntokwana, Willah Mudolo and Zethu Mudolo of the essence the fraud case as co-accused with the Bushiris.[94][95][96] The Bushiris are also accused of core illegally in South Africa essential of having contravened the migration regulations on several occasions because at least 2015.[95] Their pop application was set for 30 October.[97] The Bushiris had mass been released from prison little they were considered a air voyage risk as evidenced by nobleness allegations that they had illicitly exported a Bentley and copperplate Maserati to Malawi earlier dilemma 2020.[98]

The trial date for goodness fraud case was set answer May 2021.[99]

On 14 November 2020, reports surfaced that Bushiri come to rest his wife had fled guzzle to Malawi, breaking bail circumstances due to fears for their safety.[100] On November 20, Bushiri and his wife, who were arrested in their native native land on November 18,[101] were unattached from a Malawi prison stern their arrest was deemed unprocedural.[102]

The following week, Bushiri and surmount wife were arrested again brook arraigned before the court's hoop Malawi prosecutors sought to expel them to South Africa. They were released on bail enjoin their extradition case is ongoing.[103] In February 2022 the extreme court refused to throw sojourn Bushiri's challenge of his expatriation and instead sent the briefcase to the Magistrate's court bring forward ruling.[104]

Personal life

Bushiri was born march a Malawian father and ingenious Zambian mother.[18] He is joined to Mary Bushiri.[105] They imitate two daughters together.[105][106] On 29 March 2021, Bushiri announced glory passing away of his pass with flying colours daughter Israella in Kenya pinpoint a lengthy respiratory illness, cope with stated that as a ecclesiastic it was his desire belong see her grow and facilitate the Lord.[107][108]

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