A prominent Kenyan pastor faces a court hearing on Thursday in connection with the horrific discovery last month of dozens of bodies in mass graves. Ezekiel Odero, a wealthy televangelist who boasts a huge following, is being investigated on a…[Continue Reading...]
Two pastors appeared before Kenyan courts, accused of being responsible for the grisly deaths of at least 109 people who were found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre." Mass graves were found last month in a forest…[Continue Reading...]
Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Pastor Paul Mackenzie was released by one court in the…[Continue Reading...]
Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths at least 110 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who set up the Good News…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, May 2 (Reuters) - A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death appeared in court on Tuesday as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest in eastern Kenya where 101 corpses have…[Continue Reading...]
Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) – A Kenyan pastor who appeared in court Tuesday will face terrorism charges over the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre," prosecutors said. The deeply religious…[Continue Reading...]
A man accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl following a "revelation" from imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has struck a plea deal with prosecutors. Court records show that Heber Pearson Jeffs pleaded guilty on Tuesday to third-degree felony custodial interference…[Continue Reading...]
Detectives under the homicide unit have found one person alive after exhuming a grave linked to Shakahola church members. The body has been unearthed in the Chakama area after an informer who was an insider in the church alleged that…[Continue Reading...]
Seven more people have been rescued from the Shakahola religious cult by local leaders as controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie Nthenge is set to appear in court Monday. The seven were rescued on Sunday night in efforts put in place by…[Continue Reading...]
CIA Director R. James Woolsey, whose name came up repeatedly last week in a Utah federal courtroom during a series of sentencing hearings connected to a byzantine $511 million scheme run by members of a polygamist Mormon group tied to…[Continue Reading...]
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