Kindiki returns to Shakahola as search for more bodies intensify
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has flown back to Shakahola village in Kilifi, even as the search operation for more bodies intensifies. Kindiki, who has visited the place for the second time this week, indicated that the government has set up public information, tracing, and support centre. “The Government has upscaled the search and rescue […]
Shakahola: 300 still missing as number of exhumed bodies hit 98
The number of exhumed bodies in Shakahola has hit 98, following the exhumation of bodies of eight children. A majority of those confirmed dead include children, even as the police intensify investigations into Paul Mackenzie’s cult-like religion, which encouraged its followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus”. According to reports, at least 300 reported […]
Meru man claims he lost expectant wife, 6 children to Shakahola cult
A family in Meru County is living in agony after seven family members are feared dead after joining the Shakahola cult led by Paul Mackenzie seven months ago. Speaking to K24 Digital, Stephen Mwiti said he suspects his wife and six children died at Shakahola saga after they left home in October 2022 claiming they […]
Mackenzie does not own Shakahola land where bodies are being exhumed – Governor Mung’aro
Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie does not own the 800-acre piece of land in Shakahola where bodies are being retrieved, Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro has said. Mung’aro, speaking to Citizen TV, claimed that the land is part of the Chakama Settlement Scheme which has been grabbed by individuals. “That land which Mackenzie is occupying is not […]
‘Paul Mackenzie is not responsible for Shakahola deaths’ – Family
The family of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie has come out to defend him against allegations of cultism and death in Shakahola village in Malindi. Speaking to Citizen TV, his brother Robert Mackenzie said that the preacher is not responsible for the deaths in Shakahola, since he stopped preaching in 2019. “He started out as a […]
Don’t crucify all of us over Mackenzie’s distressing cult – clerics urge gov’t
A section of clerics drawn from various parts of the country have called on the government not to crucify the entire church over the distressing religious cults that have rocked Good News International under the patronage of controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie. While blaming themselves for doing little to salvage the crisis that has seen dozens […]
At least 112 reported missing in Shakahola cult saga
At least 112 people have been reported missing as the Shakahola cult probe continues. In a statement on Sunday, Kenya Red Cross said they had received reports on 112 missing persons after setting up a tracing desk in Malindi. “We have set up tracing and counselling desks at the Malindi Sub-County Hospital for the Shakahola […]