Kenyan Cult Leader Convicted of 191 Murders in Starvation Case Involving Children

10/19/2026

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...

10/19/2026

He ordered followers to starve themselves and their kids to death to enter heaven.

10/19/2026

In total, more than 400 bodies have been recovered from the Shakahola Forest

10/19/2026

Paul Mackenzie is alleged to have incited his acolytes to starve to death in order to "meet Jesus."

10/19/2026

A Kenyan doomsday cult leader has been convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult

10/19/2026

Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.

10/19/2026

Starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie, who was once a taxi driver, has been convicted of murder for the deaths of 190 children and one adult in a Kenyan court

10/19/2026

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his doomsday followers in a remote forest to fast for salvation. He faced trial after hundreds of bodies were exhumed.