At least five bodies have been recovered from shallow graves at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have been buried, according to authorities. Excavations were continuing on Friday at the site on the…[Continue Reading...]
Authorities in Kilifi County have uncovered 13 additional graves in Kwa Binzaro village, Chakama, in what investigators fear could be a repeat of the Shakahola massacre. The grim discovery brings the total number of graves identified in the area to…[Continue Reading...]
Human rights groups have sounded the alarm over delays in the exhumation of bodies in Kwa Binzaro Village, Kilifi County, warning they will seek legal action if the government goes ahead with plans to bury victims of the first Shakahola…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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...]
Kilifi county is once again at the centre of an investigation after the discovery of three shallow graves containing fresh human bones and skulls in Kwa Binzaro, Chakama Ranch. The grim discovery in the coastal county has once again raised…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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 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...]
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...]
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