A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation. The cult leader was also charged with “organised criminal activity,” according to documents from the…
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie gestures while talking to other defendants as he appears at Malindi Law Courts in Malindi on January 17, 2024. – A Kenyan court on January 17, 2024, gave prosecutors two more weeks to conduct mental health assessments of a cult leader and 30 suspected accomplices before charging them with murder over the deaths of more than 400 followers. Paul Nthenge Mackenzie is alleged to have incited his acolytes to starve to death in order to “meet Jesus” in a case that shocked the world. (Photo by AFP)