Veytics Intelligence
2026-10-19 · CO

Kenya pastor accused of ordering parents to starve their children to death faces verdict

A Kenyan court is set to deliver a judgement in a mass murder case involving doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie. Mackenzie and 29 of his followers are being charged with the murder of 191 children. His cult is alleged to have forced children to starve to death so that they could "meet Jesus". His doomsday doctrine said that education was forbidden and modern medicine was considered "evil". Mackenzie and the 29 others have all pleaded not guilty to murder, repeatedly insisting that nobody was forced to die. Mackenzie's former head of security, Enos Amanya Ngala, was initially accused but then entered a plea deal and became a witness for the prosecution.

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