Kenyan authorities on Wednesday proscribed the church of a religious leader who ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven, as an organised criminal group. In an official gazette document published on Wednesday, the Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki declared the church an “organised criminal group”, paving the way for further investigation and possible prosecution of members deemed to have aided Mackenzie. Cabinet Secretary for @InteriorKE @KindikiKithure declares Paul Mackenzie's Good News International Ministries an organized criminal group. Prosecutors have said they will charge 95 people in total, on counts of murder, manslaughter, terrorism, and torture. In December, Mackenzie received a 12-month sentence for producing and distributing films that were not approved by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB).

Source: Ethiopian News January 31, 2024 15:37 UTC