This archive report was first published on 19 August 2021.
On August 19, 2021, Bishop Climate Wiseman, a Kenyan pastor in the UK, was arraigned in a UK court on charges of selling an oil that allegedly cures Covid-19.
Wiseman, the head of Kingdom Church in South London, was charged with fraud and unfair trading offenses for selling the oil for Ksh 11,000, claiming it can cure and prevent coronavirus.
The charges allege that Wiseman, 46, claimed the concoction, advertised as “Divine Cleansing Oil” or as part of a “Divine Plague Prevention Kit,” could be used to “treat, prevent, protect against or cure” coronavirus.
According to court documents, Wiseman claims the oil, a mixture of cedarwood and hyssop, had cured 10 people so far.
Wiseman had previously claimed to have sold about 1000 kits in an interview, stating, “It is by faith that you can be saved from the coronavirus pandemic by covering yourself with the divine plague protection oil and wearing the scarlet yarn on your body.”
