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Authorities say Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death, to go to heaven

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers.The cult leader was also charged with "organised criminal activity", according to documents from the Mombasa court seen by AFP. A largely Christian nation, Kenya has struggled to regulate unscrupulous churches and cults that dabble in criminality.

The head of the Good News International Church, ordered his followers in southeastern Kenya to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended.

The charge sheet indicates that Mackenzie and his co-accused engaged in organised criminal activities

The self-proclaimed Pastor Paul Mackenzie has been in custody since April

A self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and the leader of a starvation cult has been charged with terrorism by the Kenyan Court. Mackenzie who was charged over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers, was also charged with “organised criminal activity”, according to documents from the Mombasa court seen by AFP. The cult leader and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation. It was alleged that Mackenzie incited his acolytes to starve to death in ord...

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other...

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other...

A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and dozens of others to undergo mental health tests before being charged with murder, terrorism and torture over the deaths of more than…

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, has sanctioned ten criminal charges, including murder and manslaughter, against suspects associated with the Shakahola massacre.