Person

Paul Mackenzie

1. Kenya Shakahola starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty of 191 murders

   A court in Mombasa on Oct 19 found Good News International Church leader Paul Mackenzie guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children, in the 2023 Shakahola forest starvation cult case; 28 other sect leaders were also convicted of murder. Judge Mochache, reading the verdict over more than eight hours, said Mackenzie ordered followers to starve their children to 'meet Jesus' and taught that education was forbidden and modern medicine 'evil'. After his 2023 arrest, authorities exhumed more than 400 bodies from shallow graves, only 26 identified; the defendants denied the charges.

   Oct 20, 2026 Morning