shakahola victims Stories
His followers were instructed to fast without food or water until death. The chilling plan, they testified, had an order: children first, then women,...
State Counsel Alex Ndiema and Victor Simbi told the court that investigators had uncovered new leads which could result in the arrest of more suspects...
Survivors rescued from the area were reportedly unable to account for the whereabouts of several children, prompting fears that more victims may be bu...
Key measures include the formation of a Religious Affairs Commission, leadership standards, reforms to religious broadcasting and civic education to c...
The court heard that within the secluded Shakahola forest, individuals were designated specific responsibilities, including village leadership, enforc...
Mackenzie, who is currently held at Shimo La Tewa Prison, expressed his frustration and shock through his lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, stating that he has...
Three of those rescued, all women, appeared frail and were immediately rushed to Malindi Sub-County Hospital for medical attention.
Testifying before Principal Magistrate Leah Juma, Consultant Forensic Psychologist Dr Oscar Githua explained how Mackenzie used charisma and spiritual...
Muteti told Principal Magistrate Hon Nelly Chepchirchir that between February and March 2023, Shakahola residents called their office to rescue emacia...
Helen Mwikali Kimwele, who manages the Mayungu Children’s Centre in Malindi, recalled receiving 43 children in 2017 who had been rescued from GNI-affi...
The judges on Friday emphasised that the 191 charges stem from the same facts and form a single transaction, making them permissible under the law.
Since the exhumation of 429 bodies from the Chakama forest, the government has collected 336 DNA samples. However, only 66 bodies have been positively...
So far, 333 DNA samples have been tested out of the 453 bodies recovered, yet only a fraction have been matched to their relatives.
Munyambo's death comes after that of Mary Charo Mbita, another accused, who died earlier while in custody at the Coast Teaching and Referral Hospital.
State witness recounted the harrowing experience of being manipulated into starving his daughter and wife to death.
The court heard that the gang carried out systematic exterminations under an intricate governance system.
Out of the 453 bodies linked to Mackenzie’s teachings, only 34 have been positively identified and handed over to relatives for burial.
Since the inception of the first phase in April last year, a total of 446 bodies have been exhumed.
The homicide detectives, led by Director Martin Nyuguto, have spent the last few months mapping and identifying new mass graves.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said they will also offer transport for the deceased back to their ancestral homes
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights's Chairperson Roseline Adede complained that the process was painfully slow adding that by 1 pm only one...
When The Eastleigh Voice arrived at the Malindi Sub County Hospital on Tuesday morning for the exercise, only a few families had shown up for the coll...
Mwibo lost his mother, sister and niece who were devoted followers of Paul Mackenzie’s church, Good News International.
Out of the 429 victims whose remains investigators have found so far in mass graves in the Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County, 34 have been identified.
