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Immaculate Akello

Why did 73 Kenyan cult members starve to death?

Some of the exhumed bodies of victims of the religious cult are laid out in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, Kenya on April 23, 2023 [AP Photo]

Nairobi, Kenya – Since last week, police in Kenya have exhumed at least 73 bodies of people believed to have starved to death, from shallow graves in the country’s coastal region.

At the heart of the “massacre” is Pastor Paul Mackenzie, a controversial preacher at Good News International Church who indoctrinated his followers, asking them to abandon “earthly life” and meet at his 325-hectare (800-acre) farm in a village called Shakahola in Kilifi county for a fast “to meet Jesus”.

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