Controversial Kenyan preacher Anthony Kahura Mwangi, widely known as Pastor T Mwangi, made headlines after sharing a deeply personal and provocative testimony during a recent sermon.
He claimed that despite having unprotected sex with at least two women who were living with HIV, he tested negative for the virus later and attributed this to divine preservation.
His story quickly went viral on social media, reigniting discussion around HIV/AIDS, stigma, faith, and responsible sexual health behaviour.
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Pastor T is the lead preacher at Life Church Limuru and a public figure with a substantial following among Kenyan Christians.

During the interview with Alex Mwakideu, he described his youthful recklessness, including being “high and drunk” and engaging in unprotected sexual encounters with women whose HIV status, he later learned, was positive.

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“Later, we buried that lady with HIV,” he said, recounting that two of his partners eventually died — information he was told retrospectively.

Despite these encounters, he said, his own HIV test turned out negative at a Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centre shortly thereafter.

Pastor T described the result as an act of God’s grace, saying, “How the Lord preserved me, I don’t know.”

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According to accounts of his testimony, the experience was a turning point that led him to reevaluate his lifestyle and eventually dedicate his life to faith and ministry.

He says that the revelation of his negative result — while others exposed to the virus had not survived — prompted his spiritual transformation and commitment to the church.

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Backlash and Clarifications

Not everyone has received his testimony at face value.

Many commentators, churchgoers, and public health advocates have raised questions about the implications of such a narrative — especially when it is framed primarily in spiritual terms without adequate emphasis on sexual health education and risk awareness.

Critics worry that attributing what may have been a rare statistical outcome purely to divine protection could inadvertently encourage unsafe practices or perpetuate misconceptions about HIV transmission.

In response to the backlash, Pastor T clarified that parts of his story were taken out of context by bloggers and that the incident occurred many years earlier, during his teenage years.

He emphasised that his intent was not to glamourise risky behaviour but to share how grace changed his life.

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