Court suspends order to deregister pastor Ezekiel's church

Odero had filed two applications seeking to overturn the directive, one on Monday and the other on Tuesday, but had dropped the first.

In a new application filed by Frankline Kilonzo and Alice Wanyama, Justice Jairus Ngaah granted Odero the suspension of the Registrar of Societies' directive.

He also prohibited the Registrar of Societies, its agents, or anyone acting on its behalf from "disrupting or obstructing the operations of New Life Prayer Centre & Church."

Meanwhile, Odero has been given seven days to file and serve the motion for substantive orders of judicial review.

"The respondents shall file and serve their response to the motion within seven days of the date of service of the applicants' motion," read court papers.

Directions on the matter shall be given on September 20, 2023, after the court's recess.