The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has exceeded 400 after 12 more bodies were found on Monday, a senior official said. "Total death Toll - 403," Coast Regional…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Kenya discovered 40 more mass graves on Monday in their investigation into a starvation cult led by a pastor. Authorities disinterred 12 more bodies as they kicked off the fourth phase of the exhumation process of followers linked…[Continue Reading...]
Rhoda Mumbua, the wife of Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie, has been released on a personal bond of Sh100,000 with a surety of Sh300,000. Mumbua was released on condition that she attends all court hearings. In a hearing on Monday,…[Continue Reading...]
The last time he communicated with his mother was in the year 2020. Then the line went dead, leaving the then 19-year-old Stanley Ombuna in a state of confusion. Accompanying his mother Susan Awinja were his two little sisters, aged…[Continue Reading...]
The team of pathologists and detectives have completed the third phase of autopsies on bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest has ended. The team led by Government Chief Pathologist Johansen Oduor said they have completed autopsies for 338 bodies since the…[Continue Reading...]
The practicality of the old adage, spare the rod and spoil the child, is well understood by some pastors of African traditional religions in Nyanza and Western Kenya. In an effort to put the faithful on the "right path", as…[Continue Reading...]
At the home of James Tole Mwambela, the family says a prayer for their brother Nelson Kimbichi Mwambela. They say it is all they can do. It has been months since they saw him. It all began when the family…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Joseph Buyuka was among 30 people, including self-styled pastor…[Continue Reading...]
One of the followers of the suspected Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie has died while two others have been admitted to hospital in critical condition. The State has told the court that Joseph Juma Buyuka died while receiving treatment at…[Continue Reading...]
[Video news report] The death toll of a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation “to meet Jesus Christ” has now passed 300 as more bodies continue to be found in mass graves.[Continue Reading...]
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