Kenya has waited more than three years for this moment. The Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for murdering 190 children and one adult. The Mombasa High Court gave him 100 years for the homicide counts and another 100 for the starvation charges. The Forest That […]
For one Kenyan father, no sentence will be enough. The Kenya starvation cult case reaches its final stage on Friday, November 6, when preacher Paul Mackenzie is due to be sentenced for the murders of 190 children and one adult. Six Children, One Grave Stephen Mwiti, 48, lost all six of his children in Shakahola […]
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Three years of waiting ended in a Mombasa courtroom on Monday. The Kenya cult deaths case reached its defining moment when the court found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused guilty of murder. The judge said prosecutors had proved the killing of 190 children and one adult, the 191 starvation deaths at the heart […]
Kenya is waiting for a verdict that many families have wanted for years. Kenya cult deaths are back in the headlines as the High Court prepares to rule in the Paul Mackenzie trial. The case has run for years and kept the Shakahola massacre in public conversation the whole time. The Shakahola Forest Deaths That […]