Religious organization founded by Paul Mackenzie, linked to deaths of 429 people in Shakahola Forest in 2023 through starvation doctrine.
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… The case stems from the Shakahola tragedy in Kilifi County, where followers of Mackenzie’s Good News International Church are believed to have died after being subjected to extreme fasting practices. …
Court convicts all 29 Shakahola accused of murder, sets sentencing for November 6Capital News
… Mackenzie, the founder of Good News International Church, has been at the centre of investigations into the deaths of hundreds of people whose bodies were discovered in mass graves in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County, in April 2023. …
Shakahola Massacre: Court Finds Mackenzie Guilty of Radicalisation Linked to 429 DeathsCapital News
… The 31 accused face 191 counts of murder, with prosecutors alleging that they acted together in a common plan that led to the deaths of children associated with Mackenzie’s Good News International Church. …
Mackenzie, 30 co-accused arrive at Mombasa High Court ahead of verdict in Shakahola deathsCitizen Digital
… He established the Good News International Church in 2003, and set up branches in Nairobi and along Kenya's coast that attracted thousands of devotees before he said he closed it in 2019. …
Pastor Mackenzie to face long-awaited verdict over Shakahola deathsCapital News
… The case centres on deaths linked to Mackenzie’s Good News International Church, whose activities came under scrutiny in April 2023 after authorities uncovered mass graves in Kilifi’s Shakahola Forest, exposing an infamous starvation cult in which followers were reportedly encour …
Mackenzie faces verdict over 191 murder charges in Shakahola caseThe Standard
… Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache delivered the judgment in Mombasa on Monday, ruling that followers of Makenzi's Good News International Church died at the Kilifi County site after being ordered to starve so they could meet Jesus. …
Makenzi guilty of murder of 191 people in Shakahola ForestCapital News
… The Shakahola investigation began in 2023 after reports of deaths and missing persons linked to the Good News International Church led by Paul Nthenge Mackenzie triggered a major police operation in the forest. …
Over 400 shakahola bodies to be buried by Dec after DCI probeThe Standard
… Two key prosecution witnesses yesterday took to the dock with testimonies that sought to demonstrate how followers of Makenzi’s Good News International Church were allegedly lured with promises of going to heaven through fasting, only to endure extreme suffering. …
Witnesses on Kwa Binzaro starvation case tell harrowing tales following Makenzis persuasionCapital News
… Charo told the court that Harrison, a preacher at Good News International Church led by Mackenzie, later purchased land in Shakahola and moved there with his family. …
Witness Says Brother Abandoned Schooling, Medical Care After Embracing Mackenzie TeachingsCitizen Digital
… In chilling testimony, a protected witness identified as K.K. narrated her journey into Mackenzie’s teachings at the Good News International Church. …
Forensic evidence, survivor testimony link Mackenzie to Kwa Binzaro deathsKenya's High Court has convicted all 29 accused persons in the Shakahola starvation cult case of the murder of 191 people, including 190 children, with sentencing scheduled for November 6. The court rejected the defence argument that the victims had voluntarily fasted to death.
15 hours ago · Capital News →
Kenya's High Court has convicted all 29 accused persons in the Shakahola starvation cult case of the murder of 191 people, including 190 children, with sentencing scheduled for November 6. The court rejected the defence argument that the victims had voluntarily fasted to death.
15 hours ago · Capital News →
Kenya's High Court has found controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie, founder of Good News International Church, guilty of radicalising his followers through extremist religious teachings linked to the deaths of 429 people in the Shakahola forest tragedy. The deaths were connected to a doctrine that encouraged followers to fast to death in pursuit of salvation.
17 hours ago · Capital News →
Controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, his wife, and 29 others arrived at Mombasa High Court to receive judgment in a case involving 191 counts of murder linked to deaths at Shakahola in Kilifi County. The KNCHR documented 448 deaths in the Shakahola tragedy, with investigations attributing them to starvation, dehydration, strangulation, and head injuries.
19 October 2026 · Capital News →
A Mombasa court will deliver a verdict on Monday in the trial of self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and associates, accused of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in a starvation cult; hundreds of bodies were discovered in 2023 in Shakahola Forest near Malindi, with the total now well over 400.
19 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Justice Diana Kavedza is scheduled to deliver a judgment on Monday at the Mombasa High Court on whether preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 30 co-accused are guilty of murdering 191 children linked to deaths at his Good News International Church in Shakahola Forest, where the human rights commission documented 448 deaths in total.
19 October 2026 · Capital News →
Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache convicted Paul Makenzi and 28 others of murdering 191 people, 190 of them children, at Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County; the followers of Makenzi's Good News International Church died after being ordered to starve. Sentencing is scheduled for November 6.
19 October 2026 · The Standard →
The Kilifi County Government plans to dispose of 443 unclaimed Shakahola remains by December after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations completed its investigations. The county is urging relatives to identify victims before legal deadlines for interment expire, with 14 bodies identified so far.
21 September 2026 · Capital News →
Two prosecution witnesses testified that followers of Paul Makenzi's Good News International Church were lured with promises of reaching heaven through fasting, but endured prolonged starvation, confinement, and psychological manipulation at the Kwa Binzaro settlement in Kilifi County.
1 August 2026 · The Standard →
A prosecution witness in the Kwa Binzaro manslaughter trial told a Mombasa court that his brother, a preacher at Good News International Church, abandoned schooling and medical treatment after embracing teachings by Pastor Paul Mackenzie that discouraged education and medical care as against God's will. The witness said he made three trips to Shakahola searching for his brother but was unable to locate him, and later learned he had been spotted in Malindi.
22 July 2026 · Capital News →
Prosecutors presented forensic evidence and survivor testimony to the Mombasa High Court linking controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie to deaths in Shakahola forest. A forensic expert testified that investigators collected and analyzed samples including DNA from exhumed bodies, following internationally accepted procedures.
29 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →