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Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders

Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies · The Guardian · World
Published 7 Nov 2026, 2:08 am·54 min ago·1 min read
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Paul Mackenzie convicted over the deaths of 190 children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent history. The sentence, comprised of 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years by direct homicide, came two weeks after the court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa found the cult leader guilty of the crimes. Continue reading...

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