Court convicts preacher and 28 co-accused over deaths of 190 children and one adult as Kenya confronts questions about religious extremism, child protection and institutional failures
By Yahaya Idris
A Kenyan court has convicted self-proclaimed preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 co-accused of murdering 191 people, including 190 children, in a mass-starvation case that exposed the deadly consequences of religious extremism and triggered nationwide calls for stronger oversight of religious organisations.
The verdict was delivered on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the Mombasa Law Courts, bringing a major development in the prosecution of the Shakahola Forest massacre, one of Kenya’s most disturbing cases of mass death in recent years.
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