Police in Mombasa have arrested two women linked to the controversial Zion Fire Anointing Ministries Church in Changamwe. The arrests come following allegations that the institution has been operating like a cult with extreme teachings. Their arrests came days after…[Continue Reading...]
Detectives from the Homicide Unit have released 10 bodies of the Shakahola victims, who were followers of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie, for burial in the Western and Nyanza regions. Families of the deceased gathered at the morgue to view the…[Continue Reading...]
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - A police witness has told the court that controversial preacher pastor, Paul Mackenzie, secretly ate in police custody while his followers continued fasting, believing it would help them evade criminal charges. Testifying before Principal Magistrate…[Continue Reading...]
An old Swahili proverb goes, "Kashangae ferry meli inaelea shilingi inazama (He is surprised that the ferry floats, yet the coin sinks)." It's about the tribal wisdom of accepting that much as you try, some things won't make sense. The…[Continue Reading...]
A senior religious leader has told a Mombasa court that controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie manipulated Bible teachings to deceive his followers, leading them into extreme and harmful beliefs. The Chief Executive Officer of the Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics, Dr…[Continue Reading...]
State agencies yesterday started to contact the families whose loved ones died in the Shakahola cult to collect bodies from Malindi Sub County Hospital mortuary for burial. However, some of the families contacted said they were yet to decide whether…[Continue Reading...]
In April 2023, Kenyan human rights defenders discovered a deadly cult in the Shakahola forest. They exhumed more than 400 bodies from mass graves. The pastor of the Good News International Ministries, Paul Mackenzie, had convinced his followers that by…[Continue Reading...]
Doomsday cult preacher Paul Mackenzie contacted his followers while in jail and convinced them to starve themselves to death in a fasting ritual, preliminary police investigations indicate. More than 450 graves were discovered in the Shakahola Forest, Malindi, in 2023,…[Continue Reading...]
Fresh revelations have emerged in the ongoing Shakahola massacre trial, with Shanzu court being told that controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly forged key documents to register his religious organisation, Good News International Church. The claims were made as prosecutors…[Continue Reading...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - Dozens of church members abandoned their homes and jobs to camp deep inside a forest, convinced that the end of the world had come. The brainwashed faithful were acting on instructions from their controversial pastor,…[Continue Reading...]
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