47 bodies found in investigation into Kenyan starvation cult

1. 2023-04-24 at 3:02 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   
   Pastor Paul Mackenzie
   

   Kenyan police have exhumed 47 bodies near the coastal town of Malindi, as they investigate a preacher said to have told followers to starve to death.
   
   The bodies of children were among the dead. Police said exhumations are ongoing.
   
   The shallow graves are in Shakahola forest, where 15 members of the Good News International Church were rescued last week.
   
   Church leader, Paul Makenzie Nthenge is in custody, pending a court appearance.
   
   State broadcaster KBC described him as a "cult leader", and reported that 58 graves have so far been identified.
   
   One of the graves is believed to contain the bodies of five members of the same family - three children and their parents.
   
   Mr Nthenge has denied wrongdoing, but has been refused bail. He insists that he shut down his church in 2019.
   
   He allegedly told followers to starve themselves in order to "meet Jesus".

   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65363585
   
   

   President William Ruto has branded controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie as a criminal and terrorist in the wake of the exhumation of bodies from his land in Kilifi. William Ruto blasted Pastor Mackenzie for brainwashing his congregants. Photo: William Ruto. Source: Facebook The pastor has found himself on the wrong side of the law and on the receiving end after detectives uncovered his cult in which tens of people have died from starvation on the promise that they will meet Jesus.
   
   Speaking in Kiambu earlier today, Monday, April 24, a tough-speaking Ruto called out pastors who have been preying on unsuspecting Kenyans using radicalised religious beliefs. He likened the pastor to a terrorist and said he should be prosecuted. "What is being witnessed in Shakahola is akin to terrorism. Mackenzie, who acts as a pastor, is in fact, a terrible criminal. Terrorists use religion to advance their heinous acts. People like Mackenzie are using religion to do the exact same thing “People like Paul Mackenzie and any other terrorists do not belong to any religion. They belong in prison,” Ruto said as shown in a video.

   https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/503297-william-ruto-pastor-paul-mackenzie-terrible-criminal-terrorist/
2. 2023-04-24 at 3:25 PM UTC

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   Banana Muffin Mix Tuskegee Airman [your disgracefully climbable neckwear]
   sounds like a government lie to cover up mass starvations due to food inequalities and rampant poverty
   
   "ITS A CULT FUYS"
3. 2023-04-24 at 3:38 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   Isn't starving to death a national pastime down there anyway?