The self-proclaimed bishop is now in remand after being deported from UK where he had been fighting extradition after Kenyan police issued a warrant of arrest for him in 2004.
The controversial preacher has been accused of stealing five children between May 1999 and December 2004 from Pumwani Maternity Hospital. He arrived in Kenya on August 4 and was taken straight to court where he denied the charges.
He is accused of stealing the babies to facilitate a ‘miracle babies’ scam in which infertile women reportedly became pregnant through the power of prayer.
Deya, a stonemason turn preacher, is said to have taken female followers from his UK churches to Kenya after giving them herbs to make them believe they were pregnant before presenting them with stolen babies.
Deya was arrested in 2006 but resisted deportation attempts. His fight against extradition ended last month when his application for a judicial review was dismissed by UK High Court judges.
The London ruling paved the way for his deportation. Deya left the country in 1997, establishing the Gilbert Deya Ministries, which has churches in Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Luton, Reading, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds.
Deya is represented by lawyers Cliff Ombeta and John Swaka.
