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Cult Leader Convicted of Mass Murder by Court in Kenya

Published by New York Times World By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Brian O. Otieno · 19 October 2026 at 19:11
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Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his doomsday followers in a remote forest to fast for salvation. He faced trial after hundreds of bodies were exhumed.

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