He spent six days at the Kamiti Maximum Prison pending determination of his bail request. Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi directed Deya to be remanded after the prosecution opposed his release on bond, alleging he is likely to jump bail.
Swaka had initially indicated that the preacher will avail himself in Kenya after the elections are over.
The bail request was determined on August 10.
Last month, the UK Telegraph revealed Deya had been jailed in May after producing a forged “order” purporting to be from Kenya’s High Court, absolving him of further criminal investigation.
The paper added that the preacher had been telling loyal followers that the devil was to blame while comparing himself to the apostles who suffered at the hands of their enemies in God’s name.
In September 2005, Deya’s wife was arrested at the Kenyatta National Hospital after walking in with a day-old boy she claimed was her son.
She allegedly became pregnant after her husband prayed over her. But medical tests showed that Mary, then aged 57, had not given birth.
Magistrate Grace Nzioka sentenced her in 2011 for stealing a child and giving false information. The magistrate upheld medical evidence presented in court that Mary was not the baby’s maternal parent and ordered her to serve three years, which she completed earning back her freedom.
