Paul Nthenge Mackenzie

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Kenyan court convicts doomsday cult leader of mass starvation murders

Sentenced to 200 years in prison on November 6, 2026

Kenya’s High Court sentenced Paul Nthenge Mackenzie to 200 years in prison on November 6 for the murders of 191 people, 190 of them children, in Shakahola Forest. Justice Diana Kavedza ordered the terms to run one after another: 100 years for the children’s deaths and 100 for the death of one adult.

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