A full-scale investigation has been launched into the Good News International Church and its leader, named in court documents as Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who preached that death by starvation delivered followers to God. Pastor Paul Mackenzie of the Good News International Church during an interview with the ‘Nation’ in Kilifi County on March 24, 2023. Since then, a number of people have been rescued and dozens of bodies unearthed in mass graves dug in shallow pits. AdvertisementShallow graves at Shakahola village in Kilifi County, on a piece of land owned by cult leader Paul Mackenzie, as pictured during exhumations on April 23, 2022. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMGBy Monday evening, 26 more bodies had been exhumed, bringing the total number of those disinterred since Friday, April 21, to 65.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2023 16:33 UTC