A court on Wednesday ordered the continued detention of Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, accused of killing at least 145 people in a southeastern Kenyan forest where followers of his evangelical sect were meeting.
At least 109 people, the majority of them children, have died in this Kenyan coastal forest, home to followers of the International Church of Good News of self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who advocated fasting until death to "meet Jesus".
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s wife, Pastor Dorcas, has once again condemned the government of President William Ruto for reigning in on the church after the Shakahola massacre in which rogue Pastor Ezekiel Mackenzie forced hundreds of his followers to fast to death and buried them at the forest. However, according to…
The case has stunned Christian-majority Kenya and led President William Ruto to set up a commission of inquiry into the deaths and a task force to review regulations governing religious bodies.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s newfound friend Pastor Ezekiel Odero may be rearrested again. This is after police discovered new evidence to suggest that he may have been in the business of selling the body organs of his victims in collaboration with Pastor Paul Mackenzie. According to a police officer attached…