Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children

CBC News · CBC · 2026-11-06 13:01 UTC

A Kenyan court sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death on his orders and buried in a forest, among 500 suspected victims of one of the worst ceremonial massacres of modern times.

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Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children

Prosecutors say he told followers of his apocalyptic Christian church to starve themselves to death

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