A Kenyan cult leader accused of inciting and possibly forcing his followers to starve themselves to death appeared in court Friday in connection with the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in mass graves. The deeply religious Christian-majority…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan court has set a 3 million shilling bond for pastor Ezekiel Odero, an affiliate of starvation cult leader and mass murder suspect Paul Mackenzie. Odero's lawyers acknowledge that 15 of his followers died at his church, but all…[Continue Reading...]
Morris Yimbo is struggling to come to terms with losing his three sons in a starvation cult in the forest of Shakahola, a deeply traditional remote village of southeastern Kenya. Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed pastor who in 2003 founded the…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
Autopsies on dozens of bodies found in mass graves linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation found some of the victims were strangled, beaten or suffocated Paul Nthenge Mackenzie is accused of murder, kidnapping, and cruelty towards children for…[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...]
In a shocking discovery on a ranch hidden in Kenya’s Shakahola Forest, more than 100 people – including children – have been found dead in mass graves. Hundreds more are still missing. Pastor Paul Mackenzie convinced followers of his Good…[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...]
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