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Cult deaths: State plans fresh exhumations in Kwa Binzaro

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Kilifi County Criminal Investigations Officer (CCIO), Robert Kiinge, confirmed that the operation will be led by the Homicide Division of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). On Thursday, homicide and forensic officers met in Malindi and confirmed that the exercise…[Continue Reading...]

Mackenzie Still in Touch With Followers Despite Imprisonment, Linked to New Kilifi Cult

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Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie is still in active communication with his followers despite being in prison, the government has revealed. While linking Mackenzie to the discovery of human skulls at Kwa Binzaro in Kilifi, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen disclosed…[Continue Reading...]

Fresh evidence forces delay in cult leader Paul Mackenzie’s trial linked to 400 deaths

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The murder trial of controversial cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 others has been postponed by the High Court in Mombasa following the prosecution’s disclosure of new evidence. On Monday, prosecutors Alex Ndiema and Victor Simbi informed Lady Justice…[Continue Reading...]

Kilifi: Gov’t to Launch Fresh Exhumations of Several Bodies Linked to New Cult in Kwa Binzaro Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/597987-kilifi-govt-exhumations-bodies-cult-kwa-binzaro/

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A quiet Kilifi village is once again at the centre of a grim investigation, as authorities prepare to dig up what could be yet another mass grave tied to cultic practices. The government announced plans to begin a new wave…[Continue Reading...]

Witnesses testify on land used to bury Shakahola cult victims

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Witnesses give account of land in Shakahola at the center of cult case as reports emerge on possible regrouping of the cult members Witnesses appeared before a Mombasa court on Wednesday to provide information on the land where victims of…[Continue Reading...]

Cabinet okays sweeping religious reforms amid fears of ‘Shakahola Two’ cult resurgence

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The government has approved a set of proposals by the Presidential Taskforce on Religious Organisations, developed in the wake of the Shakahola tragedy, to safeguard faith-based institutions against exploitation. The proposals were endorsed during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President…[Continue Reading...]

Detectives discover shallow graves at Kwa Binzaro ‘cult’ site, in Kilifi

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) conducted a fact-finding visit to the site of an alleged fasting-to-death cult, where one body and two human remains were recently recovered. The team that was led by the Director in charge…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Two: Fresh fears of cult activities in Binzaro  

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Save for a few tourist vans headed to Malindi, the Malindi-Sala Gate road feels like a graveyard. Snaking through sleepy villages—Kakuyuni, Jilore, Kakoneni, Marikano, Pishimwenga, Baolala, Timboni, Chakama and Zowerani—the tarmac lies hauntingly silent, the journey marked by a sense…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola II?: Four arrested as two human skulls, a freshly buried body are discovered in Kilifi

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The government has foiled a suspected case of religious radicalisation in Binzaro Village, Chakama Location, Langobaya Division, Kilifi County. Acting on a tip-off from members of the public, security and intelligence teams conducted a swift operation targeting a secluded five-acre…[Continue Reading...]

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