Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children
Mackenzie was convicted of ordering followers to starve themselves, a case tied to about 400 bodies exhumed from shallow graves.
- On Friday, The High Court in Mombasa sentenced Pastor Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for his role in mass deaths linked to his religious cult.
- Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve to meet Jesus.
- While charges pertained to 191 deaths, authorities exhumed 400 bodies from Shakahola forest in what became known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre."
- Although Mackenzie could have faced the death penalty, Kenya has not executed a prisoner since 1987, sparing him from capital punishment.
- The Good News International Church had operated since 2003 before Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 following discovery of bodies in shallow graves.
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Eye on Africa - Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison
In tonight's edition, cult leader Paul Mackenzie is sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children starved to death on his orders. Also, in South Africa, activists warn that new data centres could put added pressure on already strained water and electricity supplies. And Senegal continues to celebrate the spirit of sport at the Youth Olympic Games.
Paul Mackenzie, the leader of an apocalyptic evangelic sect, found guilty of the death of 190 children and an adult after encouraging his followers to starve to "to meet Jesus," was sentenced on Friday by a court in Kenya to 200 years in prison.
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200 years in prison for 191 dead: Kenya's judiciary condemns the leader of a hunger cult after the discovery of hundreds of dead in the Shakahola Forest.
200 years in prison for 191 dead: Kenya's judiciary condemns the leader of a hunger cult after the discovery of hundreds of dead in the Shakahola Forest.
The leader of an apocalyptic evangelical sect in Kenya, found guilty of the murder of 190 children and an adult after encouraging his followers to starve "to meet Jesus, was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison," reports AFP.
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