Footage of a pastor caught with a young woman in a hotel room has caused
controversy in Kenya. The pastor is said to have been found in bed with
a woman believed to be his church member. Ias broadcast on aews
programme in Kenya, and appears to show Anglican pastor Charles Githinji
half dressed in a hotel room with a pretty young woman. Another man,
claiming to be the woman's husband, bursts
into the room with a
television crew in tow. The sheepish pastor scrambles for his clothes,
but not before being quizzed by the people behind the camera. Kenyans
began tweeting about the story using the hashtag#PantsDown...watch the
video below..
as broadcast on aews The phrase has appeared more than 2,500 times in
the last few days, though not every instance was related to the pastor's
story.
It was not an isolated incident. Similar videos on YouTube - all of
which appear to expose Kenyan pastors in similar situations - have
racked up hundreds of thousands of views.In Githinji's case, some are
convinced that a team of people colluded in an attempt to entrap the
pastor, and make money from the footage. "It was stage managed," says
Jackson Njeru, a prominent Kenyan blogger who created the controversial
Facebook page Deadbeat Kenya. "When I watched the video, something was
not adding up. The lady was smiling. She was laughing," he tells BBC
Trending. He believes the woman, her "husband" and the television crew
were working in collaboration - one of a number of groups that
deliberately target pastors and other powerful individuals.
Ruth Nesoba, a BBC journalist based in Kenya, says "apparently what is
emerging is a clique of freelance cameramen who are going round looking
for these kind of stories." News outlets pay good money for the footage,
she adds, as the stories attract wide audiences.
It isn't yet clear whether Githinji's encounter with the woman arose
organically, or he was targeted in a sting operation. Either way, Nesoba
thinks that for many Kenyans, it isn't the most important question.
"People are asking: 'Whether he was lured or not, what is a pastor doing
in bed with his pants down with a woman who is not is wife?' "
The Anglican Church in Kenya has now launched an official investigation.
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