A Kenyan-born pastor in Canada is facing deportation back to the very country she fled due to threats from a powerful religious figure.
Reverend Rosalind Wanyeki, who has served the Kenyan diaspora community in Toronto for five years, is scheduled to be deported on August 7.
Wanyeki fled Kenya with her two young children, then aged four and eight months, after facing persecution from a high-ranking church official.
After arriving in Canada, she has established a church, run a business, and provided extensive pastoral and emotional support to over 1,000 members of the Kenyan community.
Now local faith leaders and community members have launched a campaign to stop her deportation, warning that her removal would leave a significant gap in spiritual and emotional services for Kenyan immigrants in Toronto.
