Tag: Shakahola cult
Shakahola massacre: Gov't extends search, rescue of survivors to Tsavo National Park
Michael Majanga
The Government on Saturday, May 20 made it clear that only the search for graves and exhumation of the victims
Big day for Pastor Ezekiel in case where DCI froze his 15 bank accounts
Pinnah Mokeira
Embattled pastor of New Life Ministry Ezekiel Odero on Wednesday, May 10 filed an urgent application at Milimani Law Courts seeking to discharge orders freezing his bank account. The application is coming up today (Thursday, May
Governor Mung'aro differs with CS Kindik on Shakahola security operation zone
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Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro has differed with the national government over the alleged securing of operation zone in Shakahola area, Magarini Sub-County, where mass graves have been found in an expansive 800-acre piece of land.On Tues
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Shakahola 'cult': 11 more bodies exhumed as death toll hits 145
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Eleven more bodies were on Wednesday, May 10 exhumed from Shakahola forest in the ongoing operation that seeks to unravel the mystery behind that mass deaths of followers of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie. Coast regional commissione
Controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie to spend more weeks in police custody
TV47
Police in Mombasa have been given the green light to continue holding in custody suspected Shakahola 'cult' leader Paul Mackenzie and his alleged accomplices.The Mombasa Law Courts on Wednesday, May 10 allowed police to detain Mackenzie, hi
Pastor Ezekiel Odero's bank accounts frozen in alleged organ trade probe
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The Mombasa Law Courts will give out its ruling on Monday, May 15 over an application submitted by the state, seeking to freeze pastor Ezekiel Odero's bank accounts for a further 30 days. The prosecution claim that the preachers bank accou
Shakahola 'cult': 21 bodies exhumed as second phase starts
TV47
Detectives from the Homicide unit on Tuesday managed to exhume 21 bodies from the grave sites of the Horrific Shakahola scene, Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha has said. This brings the total bodies to 133 of the people suspected
Shakahola 'cult' exhumation exercise update
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The second phase of exhumation exercise at Shakahola forest is underway.Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki says the exhumation process is a legal, medical, and human rights exercise that must be undertaken methodically and car
Pastor Ezekiel Odero leads Sunday service at Mavueni despite police order
Michael Majanga
Embattled Pastor Ezekiel Odero is currently leading a Sunday service at his New Life Prayer Centre and Church in Mavueni, Kilifi County, defying a police order to close the premises amid ongoing criminal investigations.
Shakahola cult: Autopsy shows some victims were murdered; Girl, 11, had strangulation signs
Roving Correspondent
Pathologists doing autopsy on the 110 bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest on Tuesday, May 2 did 30 postmortems and 27 DNAs for families looking for their relatives who allegedly became followers of suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie. Th
What was revealed after autopsy on 10 Shakahola 'cult' bodies
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The Government on Monday, May 1 did a postmortem for 10 bodies exhumed from the Shakahola forest believed to be followers of the controversial pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. The exercise is being conducted by a combined team of government
Who is Zablon wa Yesu? Paul Mackenzie's aide held by police over Shakahola cult
Rose Gicheru
Zablon Wa Yesu, whose real name is Zablon Atanda, was arrested on Monday, April 24 in the ongoing operation to exhume bodies from Shakahola forest in Malindi, Kilifi County.It is now emerging that 'Pastor Zablon' who hails from Shirombe Vil
Shakahola: Father searches for wife and six children among dead cult members
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Stephen Mwiti was too distraught to go identify the bodies of his wife and six children among the corpses of dozens of cult members recovered from Shakahola forest and brought to a mortuary in Kenya's coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday."M
Daddy Owen narrates how he nearly joined a cult: "I look at her today and my heart drops"
Michael Majanga
The recent discovery of the Shakahola starving cult in Kilifi County has shocked not only Kenyans but the whole world.Since last week, homicide detectives have been exhuming the bodies of people in an expansive 800-acre piece of land belong
Shakahola starvation cult death toll climbs to 89 as six more bodies are exhumed
Michael Majanga
The death toll from the suspected Shakahola cult in Kilifi County has hit 89 after six more bodies were exhumed on Tuesday, April 25 afternoon.The six bodies - including that of a child - were exhumed from one grave. In the morning, homicid
President Ruto's tough words to Pastor Mackenzie as bodies continue to be exhumed
TV47
President William Ruto on Monday, April 24 broke his silence on the ongoing saga of the Shakahola cult that has seen more
"We don't know where our son is" - Distraught mum, dad say their son went silent after joining Mackenzie's church
TV47
As the saga of Paul Mackenzie's religious group continues to shock people around the world, families across the country bear the scars of the 'cult', indicating its deep penetration. We traveled to Kisienya village in Vihiga County to meet
Kilifi cult: CS Kindiki breaks silence after 18 more bodies found in Shakahola
Michael Majanga
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has broken his silence on the ongoing controversy involving followers of Pastor Paul Mackenzie fasting to death and their bodies found buried in graves in Shakahola area, Magarini Constituency, Kili
Who is Paul Mackenzie? More bodies found buried side by side in Shakahola
TV47
Fourteen more bodies have been retrieved from the graves of people believed to have died as a result of fasting due to cult-like teachings of controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie in Shakahola, Magarini Constituency in Kilifi County.This brin
Seven more people rescued from Shakahola religious cult as Preacher Mackenzie set to appear in court
Merceline Tumaini
Seven more people have been rescued from the Shakahola religious cult by local leaders as controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie Nthenge is set to appear in court today in Malindi, Kilifi County