Three years on from Kenya's Shakahola cult murders, families still seek closure
Families seek closure as the court weighs murder, manslaughter and terrorism charges against sect leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 30 co-accused.
- A Mombasa court delivers a verdict today in the trial of Paul Mackenzie and 29 followers, who face 191 counts of murdering children in the Shakahola sect mass murder case.
- Mackenzie operated Good News International Ministries for 16 years, attracting thousands through a doomsday doctrine forbidding education and medicine while allegedly forcing followers to starve so they could "meet Jesus."
- Authorities recovered 446 bodies from shallow graves in Shakahola forest, yet DNA matching identified only 34 victims. Gravediggers reported finding 12 children in a line with "hands and legs tied."
- The Commission on Administrative Justice noted a "gross dereliction of duty" by officials who ignored warnings about the cult between 2021 and 2023, sparking debate over the Religious Organisations Bill.
- Families continue seeking closure as the county set mid-October deadlines for claiming remains. Rev Mutava warned, "Our greatest fear is that if this is not implemented, we are likely to see another Shakahola.
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A court in Kenya must announce the sentence of Paul Mackenzie, a preacher accused of leading a cult that encouraged followers to fast to death under the promise that they would find Jesus. He and 29 other members of the group respond to the murder of 191 people, 190 of whom were children. More than 400 bodies were found in shallow graves in the Shakahola forest near the Kenyan coast, where the pastor established a religious community.
A Kenyan court is set to deliver a verdict in a mass murder case involving notorious preacher Paul Mackenzie. The latter and 29 other followers are on trial for the murder of 191 children.
Kenya: Verdict expected in Shakahola starvation cult massacre trial
Mackenzie also faces separate charges of manslaughter and terrorism, which he denies. The verdict is being closely watched by victims’ families seeking justice three years after the discovery.
Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death faces verdict
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