Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people

BBC World Friday 06 November 2026, 11:54 UTC 1 min read

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Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus".

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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie. He was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus.

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