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Busia's 'Mary and Joseph' draw in pilgrims from entire continent

Judith Nafula, popularly known as “Mama Mary,” leads a prayer session outside her home in Matayos.[Mary Imenza/Standard]

In Nangoma village, Matayos sub-county, Busia County, a 50-year-old woman has stirred another countrywide debate after proclaiming herself the reincarnation of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.

Judith Nafula, a mother of five, says she received a divine revelation in the form of a dazzling light and a heavenly voice declaring her the modern-day Virgin Mary.

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