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Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult

Reuters · South China Morning Post
Published 20 Oct 2026, 2:51 am·3 h ago·1 min read
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A Kenyan court on Monday found starvation cult leader ⁠Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of ⁠murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in ⁠one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history. Mackenzie and his co-accused will be given their sentence on November 6. Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern...

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