By CHARLES LWANGAMore by this AuthorGanze MP Teddy Mwambire, who opened a rescue centre for suspected witches at risk of lynching in Kilifi County, says nothing will deter him from helping them. The MP said he opened Kaya Godhoma Rescue Centre in Mrima Wa Ndege in 2013. In Malindi on Friday, Mr Mwambire explained that he is "a human rights defender by passion and a politician by public demand". "People criticise me for defending suspected witches but I shall not shy away from doing that,” he said. “I then decided to open a centre to rescue such people in future.”Mr Mwambire said he was the only member of Parliament in East Africa who had set up a protection centre for suspected witches.

Source: Daily Nation May 17, 2019 13:07 UTC