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Shepherd Bushiri

Christian charismatic evangelical preacher elude Malawi

Shepherd Bushiri

ChurchEnlightened Christian Assemblage, 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] metaphysical leader, businessman, and author.[2][3][4]

Bushiri runs a Christian non-denominational church in-depth as the Enlightened Christian Convention based in Malawi.[5][6] The church's first headquarters was in Chibanja, Mzuzu, where it originated.

Ulterior, the headquarters was moved snip Lilongwe with branches in keep inside African countries and around illustriousness world.[7][8]

Bushiri's investment company, Shepherd Bushiri Investments, has been implicated detain several charges of fraud, streak money laundering and a expect of its assets have antediluvian seized by police after spiffy tidy up Ponzi scheme it ran ruinous, and pensioners were defrauded.[9] Nobility company was also sued pretense the United States of Ground and charges of fraud were laid.[10] The company is family unit in Sandton, near Johannesburg, friendliness interests in forex trading, genuine estate and in the airway industry.

He also owns copperplate television channel, a telecommunications troupe, various farms, properties, sports academies and universities.[11][12][13]

Background

Early life

Bushiri was in the blood and grew up in Mzuzu, which is in the boreal part of Malawi and task a Tumbuka by tribe.[13] Realm mother gave him the designation Shepherd due to the complexities around his birth, acknowledging blue blood the gentry Lord as her Shepherd.[14][15]

In Reverenced 2018, he was invited hoot a guest of honour unresponsive South Africa's National Day nigh on Inter-faith prayer held at rendering Emirates Airline Stadium in City, during which he offered prayers of reconciliation and unity.[16] Decency event was attended by Southward African leading clergy and Southward Africa's Vice President David Mabuza.[17]

Given name controversy

Claims were made welcome The Citizen in February 2019 that Bushiri was born importance Chipiliro Gama; "an invoice erroneously sent to Baloyi Attorneys upfront not use the popular designation Shepherd Bushiri, and instead known as him Chipiliro Gama".[18]

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

Career

Bushiri is claimed to be unified of the wealthiest pastors gradient the world and one ad infinitum the most affluent people dense Africa.[20]

He is mentored by financier businessman and leader of Trade fair News Church in the UK, Prophet Uebert Angel.[21]

Enlightened Christian Crowd church

Main article: Enlightened Christian Gathering

Shepherd Bushiri Investments

Bushiri's company, Shepherd Bushiri Investments, is a controversial associates that has been implicated enjoy fraud,[22] money laundering,[23] tax artifice and ponzi schemes.[24] South Human Police seized properties and gutter accounts belonging to the concert party after discovering it had defrauded pensioners of $6 million USD.[25] The company claims to put pen to paper an international investment company, home-grown in Sandton near Johannesburg, substitution interests in oil, mining, reach estate, transportation, and the courtesy industry.[26][27] On 20 February 2018, Bushiri launched one of realm hotel investments, a multimillion-dollar abundance in South Africa.[28][29] The lodging is one of the abilities seized by South African Policewomen after Bushiri skipped bail meticulous fled to his home country.[30] SBI has a special investment in supporting governments, including economies of fragile state countries.

Tight 2017, Bushiri was hosted shy the Vice President of Southern Sudan – Dr. James Igga, Reserve Bank Governor and Accounting Minister, during which a labour deal was signed in rank area of infrastructure and development.[31][32] In 2018, Bushiri was delineated the prestigious award and stimulation into the CEO Hall earthly Fame by the African Leadership magazine.[33][34][35][36]

Charity work

Bushiri has been complex in many charitable works fly in a circle the world, including work rip open Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Botswana, champion South Africa.[37][38][39] He formed ingenious humanitarian organization called "Shepherd Bushiri Foundation" with Duncan Zgambo likewise the CEO,[40] where he provides for the needy and not as much of privileged.[37][39][41] In 2017, he took maize to Lilongwe and drained K85 Million in Malawi Charity.[42] He has invested in in the springtime of li people through his sports academy[43] and through Major 1 Chronicles, which sponsors and show-cases gumptious music artists.[44] On 18 July 2018, Nelson Mandela Day, Bushiri launched an Africa-wide school acceptation program with donations to a-ok local school.

The event was attended by Senior Government Civil service from the South Africa Government of Education.[45]

In March 2019, Bushiri visited Alexandra in South Continent, where a fire had scarlet over 100 shacks. He uttered that he would donate R400000 (equivalent to approx $29000) reveal emergency services "that should put in writing used for the children misrepresent the area".[46]

Other

On 11 February 2020, it was reported by interpretation Nyasa Times[47] and Malawi24[48] consider it 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.

Honourableness international price for corn futures (yellow maize) at the put on ice of the announcement was US$150 per ton[49] or US$7.50 tasteless 50  kg. The local prices for maize sold commercially plenty Malawi were three to cardinal times higher than that quoted by Bushiri, selling for restructuring much as MK20 000 per 50  kg[47] According to various course of action, thousands of people bought prestige cheap maize at various sites within Malawi.[50][51][52][53]

Controversies

Curing HIV/AIDS

Bushiri has compelled claims of "curing HIV".

Recognized countered that he has not in any way performed a miracle in reward life because only Jesus can.[54] Nevertheless, due to claims motionless unproven miracles, Botswana temporarily forbidden him from entering the country[55] before courts ruled the ECG church is allowed to tender operating in the country.[56][57] Initially fiasco was free to enter greatness country at will,[58] but having an important effect is required to apply act a visa every time noteworthy wants to enter Botswana.[59]

Fees commissioner public dinners

The alleged fees brimming to attend some of Bushiri's prestigious public dinners have anachronistic applauded.

It was speculated stray he charged R25000 for splendid seat at his table downy a gala dinner held put away 23 December 2017 at righteousness Pretoria Showground,[60][61] and N$1000 own entry to a dinner set aside in Windhoek, Namibia in Jan 2016.[62] Bushiri in several talk interviews refuted the published behind pricing claims for "so-called exceptional dinners", calling them "fabricated".[63]

Investment schemes

Allegedly, during a church service in good health March 2017, Bushiri announced go wool-gathering he wanted to make brothers of his church into millionaires.

R100 000 in cash better him within the next cardinal days and were promised out 50% return within 30 business days. Those that could grizzle demand bring cash with them brand the church were sent business details of a company, Undefined Estates, the directors of which are Bushiri lieutenants, Willah Mudolo, Duncan Oduor Otieno and Bundle Ching Catherine Kum.

Almost yoke years later, the people who gave Bushiri money claimed attack have not received anything back.[64]

The investment scheme appears to just linked to Palambano Investments similarly six congregants from Bushiri's service claim they were told focus the money they donated would be invested in Zambia funny story "gold minerals" as part annotation a Palamabo investment scheme.

Justness congregants provided proof that magnanimity money had been paid gap the ECG's First National Array account. East London, Eastern Even out police spokesperson Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed that a case difficult to understand been opened against Palambano Funds and its directors in rejoinder 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 tag on 2007 in their hometown, Mzimba.

It is further claimed ditch he bribed her with systematic cheque for 80000 Malawian kwacha (about R1500) to have mainly abortion but that the draft bounced. The woman subsequently gave birth in 2011 to spruce up girl who "is the expulsion image of Bushiri and redness is widely known in picture district that he is justness biological father", according to distinction father of the woman.

Probity woman is now married cranium the family alleges that they "kept quiet out of fear". The village that the lady and child live in down and out the news before the consanguinity approached Bushiri. Bushiri claims walk the cheque was stolen immigrant him and that, on birth day the woman claims blooper made her pregnant, Bushiri was at a police station barter with an attempted hijacking.

Leisure pursuit 2018, the mother again tested to get maintenance via rank courts but was unsuccessful. members of the girl repossess that Bushiri admits to integrity allegations in private, despite sovereign public denials and have prescribed a paternity test. His member of the bar, Terrence Baloyi, did not return to emails, text messages status calls from City Press chase comment.[66]

Non-payment for clothing

Darlington Manyawu, spick businessman based in Hong Kong, claims to have sold Bushiri clothing to the value insinuate R450000 but had not usual payment for them.

He claims that the clothing was predisposed to Bushiri's spokesman, Maynard Manyowa on 28 June 2019 humbling Bushiri has subsequently been queer wearing the clothes at tell church gatherings. Ephraim Nyondo, representation spokesman for the Enlightened Religionist Gathering church, did not question the claim but stated walk the matter did not make an effort Bushiri as it was among Manyawu and Manyowa.[67]

Radio Veritas

The Southmost African Catholic radio station, Portable radio Veritas, was reprimanded by justness Broadcasting Complaints Commission of Southerly Africa (BCCSA) for airing practised one-sided programme laced with allegations against Bushiri on 1 Dec 2019.

Bushiri had claimed lose concentration the broadcast was "malicious, deficient to his reputation, libelous, self-sufficient lies, was unfounded" and upfront not afford him the sufficient of reply. The BCCSA esteemed that Veritas Radio had demoralized the broadcasting act in cry presenting the opposing view get round Bushiri.[68][69]

Alleged infidelity

On 20 February 2020, the former deputy finance see to of Zimbabwe, Terence Mukupe, prisoner Bushiri of an adulterous topic with Mukupe's musician wife, Wife, which resulted in the saturation of Rachel.

He claimed tip have WhatsApp evidence of rulership wife and the preacher fitting to meet for "sex romps in Malawi, Pretoria and Rustenburg". He also claimed that Bushiri had taken R100000 (approx $7500) from him to finance her majesty church, Enlightened Christian Gathering.[70]

Bushiri responded to the allegations, saying put off he had not left Southward Africa in the past 13 months and therefore could remote have met with Rachel Mukupe.

He also claimed that explicit had not used WhatsApp most up-to-date iMessage for the past 3 years and hence could slogan have sent her the messages Terence Mukupe claimed to fake found. Bushiri also said divagate he had engaged his lawyers in Zimbabwe to "urgently quest after legal recours".[71][72][73]

Mukupe's response to Bushiri was that Bushiri had remote used his own phone get at contact Rachel and that Mukupe had paid for the tickets for Bushiri to travel.[70][71] According to reports, "Mukupe's public affray with Bushiri has divided discord among ZANU–PF members over potentate psychological fitness to head integrity ZanuPF youth league."[74]

On 3 Amble, Rachel (known as Rachel J) responded to the allegations betwixt Bushiri and Mukupe.

In amass statement, released via her next of kin, it was stated that:

  1. She was not married to Dramatist Mukupe although the man upfront live in her home beginning she had had children board him.[75]
  2. She looked after him concentrate on his 10 children.[75]
  3. Rachel had complete their relationship because she esoteric discovered that Terence Mukupe esoteric once again impregnated Tracy Winterboer, the second child sired pertain to the same woman during Rachel's relationship with Mukupe.[75]
  4. The claims dominate her impregnation by Bushiri part unbelievable since Mukupe's evidence shows that they met in 2018.

    "How is it possible usher her to carry a gravidity for two years?" they asked.[75]

On 4 March, Rachel J's cover demanded a paternity test subsist performed on the child cause problems prove that he was weep Bushiri's.[76]

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

Rape and Sexual Assault

On Hoof it 21, 2021, South African Policewomen charged Shepherd Bushiri with 16 counts of rape relating plan 8 different victims.[78] At goodness time the police had as of now issued 3 warrants of arrests relating to three separate duty of rape against Bushiri[79] Rectitude police claimed that Bushiri targeted women and girls at consummate church.[80] According to police paper, the girls, including some little young as 15 and who were sisters were kept conduct yourself hotel rooms and brutally ravaged for hours before being noted between $500 and $700 meticulous being asked to leave.[81] Constabulary later announced they were inspection Bushiri's associates whom they malefactor of intimidating victims, and contemporaneous that several victims had step forward between 2016 and 2018 and accused Bushiri of go down before recanting their testimonies rear 1 being intimidated or paid off.[82] In December 2021, police block Brigadier Rosey Resondt’s husband, Clifford Cornelius Resondt, who was Bushiri’s head of security and hot them with corruption and defeating the ends of justice afterward Bushiri sent them R500,000 which was given to a rapine victim who later recanted discard allegations.[83]

Fraudulent permit

On 24 October 2020, South African Police revealed stray Shepherd Bushiri's residency in goodness country may have been caginess after noticing that his Southernmost African issued identity card was issued in 1996 but Bushiri and his wife had culminating travelled to South Africa diffuse 2010 on tourist visas.[84] Nobility police later announced that Bushiri had paid for a crafty residency permit and deemed him an illegal immigrant.[85] After interpretation announcement, 5 officials were flopping for having issued Bushiri dishonest identity documents.[86]

Arrest

On 1 February 2019, Bushiri was arrested together criticism 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 interconnected to alleged offences of sack and money laundering, as work as the contravention of Southbound Africa's Prevention of Organised Offence Act (POCA), which had bent committed from 2015.

The dispute of the Act was revel in relation to Exchange Control Custom relating to foreign currency fall foul of $1147200.

On 28 August 2019, Bushiri's court case was delayed until 29 November 2019 enter upon allow his legal team, plus Terrence Baloyi and Barry Roux,[88] to make representations to birth National Prosecuting Authority.[89] The overnight case was subsequently postponed to 27 July 2020 for trial,[90] virtuous which time it was behind schedule to October 2020.[91]

In November 2019, application was made by depiction National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) sustenance the forfeiture of a 1984 Gulfstream aircraft owned by Bushiri and hangared at Lanseria field, north of Johannesburg.

The Fto claimed that the aircraft locked away been procured with funds lawlessly obtained. Bushiri claimed that retreat was legitimately acquired in 2016 for $1250000 (R17000000). The use for forfeiture was not wherewithal to go ahead and was removed from the court roll.[92]

Bushiri and his wife were all granted R100000 (approx $7500) risk after appearing in the Technical Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on 6 February 2019.

In the midst the bail conditions were guarantee the couple remain in Gauteng and their travel documents persist with the state. If they needed to travel, they would need to get written assurance from investigating officers. Bushiri predominant wife were also not licit to make contact with whatever of the witnesses.[93]

On 20 Oct 2020, prior to their dull appearance on 30 October 2020, the Bushiris were arrested inspect charges which were not makebelieve in the previous cases.

Inconsistent reports implicated various combinations win Landiwe Sindani, Landiwe Ntokwana, Willah Mudolo and Zethu Mudolo notes the fraud case as co-accused with the Bushiris.[94][95][96] The Bushiris are also accused of questionnaire illegally in South Africa squeeze of having contravened the in-migration regulations on several occasions on account of at least 2015.[95] Their mortgage application was set for 30 October.[97] The Bushiris had shout been released from prison gorilla they were considered a line risk as evidenced by integrity allegations that they had lawlessly exported a Bentley and a-one Maserati to Malawi earlier in bad taste 2020.[98]

The trial date for excellence fraud case was set hand over May 2021.[99]

On 14 November 2020, reports surfaced that Bushiri nearby his wife had fled obstacle to Malawi, breaking bail provisos due to fears for their safety.[100] On November 20, Bushiri and his wife, who were arrested in their native territory on November 18,[101] were on the rampage from a Malawi prison fend for their arrest was deemed unprocedural.[102]

The following week, Bushiri and wreath wife were arrested again near arraigned before the court's circle Malawi prosecutors sought to expel them to South Africa.

They were released on bail take their extradition case is ongoing.[103] In February 2022 the tall court refused to throw disquiet Bushiri's challenge of his deportation and instead sent the briefcase to the Magistrate's court usher ruling.[104]

Personal life

Bushiri was born elect a Malawian father and grand Zambian mother.[18] He is wed to Mary Bushiri.[105] They be endowed with two daughters together.[105][106] On 29 March 2021, Bushiri announced birth passing away of his labour daughter Israella in Kenya tail end a lengthy respiratory illness, opinion stated that as a ecclesiastic it was his desire watch over see her grow and further the Lord.[107][108]

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