By NATION AFRICA More by this AuthorKenya police on Friday found 29 more bodies in Shakahola Forest, the highest daily count since exhumations began last month, in the probe into cult leader Paul Mackenzie. The second phase of exhumations began this week, after a team led by the chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor finished examining 112 bodies. Read: Kenyan court frees pastor linked to cult leaderThe number of people reported missing continued to rise reaching 609. AdvertisementPolice believe most of the bodies are of Mackenzie’s followers, whom he allegedly ordered to starve to death “to meet Jesus”. While starvation appears to be the main cause of death, some of the victims including children were strangled, bludgeoned to death or suffocated, according to Oduor.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2023 18:26 UTC