The Latest Breaking News from Paul Mackenzie

Kenya starvation cult death toll climbs to 201

Paul Mackenzie was accused of ordering his followers to starve their children and themselves to death.

Al Jazeera · May 13, 2023

Kenya unearths more bodies in search for death cult followers

Kenyan investigators unearthed 29 more bodies on Friday in a continuing search for victims of a doomsday cult in the country's southeast.

Reuters · May 12, 2023

Kenya court denies bail for suspected death cult leader

A Kenyan court on Wednesday denied bail for cult leader Paul Mackenzie, who authorities say ordered followers to starve their children and themselves to death, and extended his detention by 30 days.

Reuters · May 10, 2023

Kenya sets up inquiry into cult deaths, leader to remain in prison

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that their alleged cult leader remain in prison.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

Kenyan court sets bail for pastor in parishioner death probe

A court in Kenya has ruled that one of two pastors under investigation for the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants can be released on bond or bail

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Kenya court frees pastor accused of links to cult leader

A Kenyan court on Thursday released on bond a televangelist detained last week as part of an investigation into the deaths of dozens of people whom police say starved themselves to death on the instructions of a cult leader.

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Inside a Kenyan starvation cult and its tragic end in a forest of death

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch in a remote forest camp that he divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea, relatives of his adherents say.

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Kenyan pastors appear in court over deaths of parishioners

Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Kenyan starvation cult leader appears in court after followers die

A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death has appeared in court on Tuesday.

The New Daily · May 2, 2023

Kenyan cult leader to remain in prison after more than 100 followers die

A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death will be detained by police until a hearing on Friday, a court ruled on Tuesday as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest where 101 corpses have already been unearthed.

Reuters · May 2, 2023