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Kenyan Cult Leader Mackenzie Charged With Child Torture, Cruelty

Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 38 co-accused persons have denied charges of child cruelty and infringement of children's before the Tononoka Children's Court.

Mackenzie and fellow suspects, facing 16 counts, including child torture, allegedly committed the offences between 2020 and 2023 in Shakahola Forest.

On January 23, Mackenzie, together with his wife and 93 other co-accused, were charged with manslaughter in a Mombasa court.

Mackenzie who led the Good News International Church, allegedly ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended. He was arrested in April 2023 after the gruesome discovery was made.

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Exhumation of bodies of cult leader,Paul McKenzie Nthenge's followers in Shakhahola massacre scene in Kilifi (file photo).

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