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Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces Kenya charges over 52 further deaths
Paul Mackenzie faces charges linked to 52 deaths from starvation at Binzaro homestead, part of ongoing investigations into cult-related fatalities in Kenya's coastal region.
- On Monday, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said a Malindi court approved formal charges against Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and co-accused over 52 deaths at the Binzaro homestead in Kilifi County.
- Last year, investigators found around 34 bodies and more than 100 body parts at Binzaro, and recovered handwritten notes allegedly from Mackenzie's prison cell indicating ongoing cult activity.
- Prosecutors allege Mackenzie and others face counts including radicalisation, facilitation of terrorist acts and murder, saying he used radical teachings to lure victims and enforcers to keep them hidden.
- Two weeks after Enos Amanya Ngala's guilty plea, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie pleaded not guilty and remains in custody amid criticism of Kenyan authorities' earlier failures.
- Binzaro sits about 30 kilometres from Shakahola, and local rights groups warned more bodies could be found, fearing 'We will have Shakahola Three'.
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Already prosecuted by the courts for the murder of about 450 faithful whom he allegedly pushed to suicide, the self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie will be charged for his alleged responsibility for the death of new victims identified since.
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has been detained since 2023 in the investigation into the death of about 450 followers of his sect in the Shakahola Forest in the southeastern part of the country.
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