Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan Group Preacher, Claimed More Than Fifty-Two Additional People had Died

Prosecutors said Wednesday that a self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya connected to a notorious starving cult that killed over 400 people was charged with 52 further killings. The “Shakahola Forest Massacre” is one of the biggest cult-related catastrophes in history, and it occurred in 2023 when hundreds of victims were found just inland from the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi.

Paul Mackenzie, a self-described pastor, has been detained after entering a not guilty plea to many manslaughter charges during his trial in Mombasa. However, other bodies were found last year in the isolated town of Binzaro, which is located on the Indian Ocean coast about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Shakahola. This suggests that the same cult may have persisted even after Mackenzie was arrested.

According to a statement posted on X, Mackenzie and other individuals were charged with “organised criminal activity, two counts of radicalisation (and) two counts of facilitating commission of a terrorist act” in connection with the “deaths of at least 52 people at Kwa Binzaro area in Chakama, Kilifi County.

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