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Mackenzie lured victims on social media, promised them land before killing them – Court told

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Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie leveraged technology and social media to lure victims into the Shakahola forest where they were massacred, a witness has told the court. According to a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP),…[Continue Reading...]

Hundreds of Shakahola cult victims to be buried in marked graves

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Hundreds of victims of controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie’s alleged cultic teachings could be buried within the Shakahola Forest following failure to positively identify their bodies through scientific means. Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Tuesday hinted at the possibility…[Continue Reading...]

Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie goes on trial after deaths of over 400 followers in Kenya

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The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya cult leader faces terrorism charges after 400 killed in ‘Shakahola forest massacre’

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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the country and the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola massacre: What to expect as Paul Mackenzie faces witnesses in terrorism case

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Suspected Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie is this week expected to start facing witnesses in a case in which he and 93 others are accused of terror-related offences. Among those lined up to testify against Mackenzie from Monday, July 8,…[Continue Reading...]

Rest and recovery: Paradise Valley religious sect bunker repurposed for addiction recovery program

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At the Montana Society, a 12-step-based sober living and work camp in Paradise Valley, residents are restoring the ruins of an underground Cold War-era nuclear bunker into a vaulted-roomed, post-atomic retreat. “We took the abandoned and the old, and made…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola cult: Human rights bodies concerned with uncollected bodies in Malindi morgue

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Human Rights defenders are concerned over more additional bodies of Shakahola victims at the Malindi sub-county hospital mortuary amid the 5th phase of the exhumation exercise. Over 430 bodies still lie at the mortuary. Human rights activists from the coastal…[Continue Reading...]

Paul Mackenzie: State Lines Up 422 Witnesses Against Shakahola Cult Leader Ahead of Hearing

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In the quest to find justice for the families of the victims of the Shakahola Massacre, the state has a lineup of 422 witnesses against controversial Malindi-based pastor Paul Mackenzie. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions…[Continue Reading...]

Grief gives way to anger as Kenyan starvation cult leader faces trial

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