Widow claims “n’anga” threatened her with a python, demanded US$250,000 for goblins bought by late husband

Police in Beatrice are investigating an alleged extortion case in which a grieving widow claims a traditional healer (n’anga) demanded US$250,000 from her for “goblins” her late husband is said to have bought.

The incident allegedly happened a day after the woman buried her husband.

According to H-Metro, the healer, Sekuru Amos Kafera of Gaths Farm in Beatrice, summoned the widow to his homestead shortly after the funeral and told her that her husband owed him US$250,000 for goblins.

He allegedly warned her that she and her children will die if she failed to pay the debt.

The widow claims Kafera then released a python from a sack and told her the snake had belonged to her husband.

Fearing for her life and her children’s safety, she allegedly agreed to pay.

Kafera is said to have sent his workers to her home to collect a tractor, disc plough, a Toyota vehicle, a herd of 13 cattle and US$13,000 in cash. The total value of the property allegedly taken is said to be more than US$60,000.

The widow claims she was still being pressured to pay a further US$48,200.

She later confided in relatives, who told her the healer’s conduct was unlawful. One of her grandchildren went to Kafera’s homestead and recovered the tractor and disc plough before the family reported the matter to police.

Sources cited by H-Metro said property and cash worth US$33,000 have since been recovered. Police confirmed investigations are in progress.

Kafera has previously courted controversy after claiming in media interviews that he uses goblins to help clients including pastors, prophets, business executives, sex workers, kombi operators, truck drivers and car dealers.

He claimed some clients sought powers to prophesy in church, while others wanted spiritual help to attract wealth, restore failing marriages or bring back runaway spouses.