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Kenya Sentences Starvation Cult Leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 Years

A Kenyan court has sentenced doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for orchestrating the mass starvation deaths of 191 followers, predominantly children. The landmark verdict delivers a decisive measure of accountability for the Shakahola forest massacre, marking a definitive legal close to one of the nation's darkest crises.

AllAfrica - Latest·November 6, 2026AI-curated

[DW] A court in Kenya has sentenced Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and an adult. He told them to starve themselves to death as part of his apocalyptic religious cult.

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