The fact that the apparition occurred in Odza, which is next to Nsimalen, a neighborhood where there was an apparition of Mary, Jesus' mother, in May 1986 was not lost on many: 
Ukweli kwamba 'ufunuo' huo ulitokea Odza, mtaa ulio karibu na Nsimalen, mtaa ambao Mariamu, mama wa Yesu aliwahi kuripotiwa kutokea, mwaka 1986 ulimaanisha jambo kwa wengi: