Kwa Binzaro cult Stories

Why community vigilance is vital in combating cult killing- Murkomen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 16, 2025

The CS pointed to weak community structures, citing the Kenya Alliance of Residents Association (KARA), which he said ought to play a stronger role in...

Families ravaged by tragedy as Kwa Binzaro mass graves reveal grim truth
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

The Kwa Binzaro tragedy, much like Shakahola before it, has left families shattered,  parents mourning children, and children left without parents. Fo...

Three Kwa Binzaro cult suspects granted bond pending investigation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

The trio had been arrested for allegedly selling a five-acre piece of land to the main suspect, Sherleen Temba Anido.

IG Douglas Kanja faces grim reality of Kwa Binzaro exhumations
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 04, 2025

The air was heavy with the smell of decay, yellow tape hung loosely from tree trunks marking exhumation sites, and exhausted officers trudged through...

11 suspects arrested in Kwa Binzaro cult probe, Police IG Kanja says many victims are non-locals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 03, 2025

Police IG Kanja revealed that the majority of the victims are believed to be non-locals.

Murkomen warns Kenyans against silence on cults as new mass graves found in Kilifi
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 03, 2025

The CS expressed concern over the rising number of cult-related deaths, lamenting what he described as the collapse of community vigilance and respons...

Senator Madzayo demands urgent probe into bodies found in Kwa Binzaro forest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 30, 2025

The Senate Minority Leader ruled out a religious cult as the cause of these deaths, unlike the Shakahola case.

Binzaro village exhumations reveal scattered body parts in disturbing contrast to Shakahola
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 28, 2025

Government pathologist Dr Richard Njoroge confirmed that seven bodies were exhumed on Thursday, bringing the total number recovered since the exercise...

Death toll rises to 25 as six more bodies exhumed in Binzaro Village cult probe
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 27, 2025

In addition to the graves, investigators have so far retrieved 21 body parts scattered across the site since the exercise kicked off last week.

Kwa Binzaro cult tragedy lays bare State’s broken promises after Shakahola
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 27, 2025

After Shakahola, the then Interior Cabinet Secretary and now Deputy President, Prof Kithure Kindiki, assured the nation that never again would such a...

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