Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders
Cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to a total of 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola Forest, on the Kenyan coast, between January 2021 and September 2023.
Covered by 12 sources from 8 countries. First reported by BBC News ·
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Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people
Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus".
Kenya cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years
A court in Kenya has sentenced Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and an adult. He told them to starve themselves to death as part of his apocalyptic religious cult.
Kenyan cult leader gets 200 years for starving 190 children to death
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie faces a staggering 200-year prison sentence for orchestrating the Shakahola massacre, which tragically claimed the lives of numerous church members, including 190 innocent children who reportedly starved under his directives. He manipulated his followers to believe that fasting would bring them…
Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of hundreds of people has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people
Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders
Cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to a total of 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola Forest, on the Kenyan coast, between January 2021 and September 2023.
Kenyan court sentences starvation cult leader to 200 years
Paul Mackenzie and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.
Doomsday cult leader learns fate for murders of 190 children
Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.
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Kenyan cult leader jailed 200 years for killing 191 people
A Kenyan court has sentenced a doomsday cult leader, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, including 190 children, after ordering his followers to starve to death in the belief that they would meet Jesus, BBC reports. Read More…
· Kenya preacher jailed 200 years for starving 190 children to death
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison
Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.
Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders
Paul Mackenzie convicted over the deaths of 190 children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent…
Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders
Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison for causing the deaths of 190 children, by encouraging them to starve themselves.
Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison
In tonight's edition, cult leader Paul Mackenzie is sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children starved to death on his orders. Also, in South Africa, activists warn that new data centres could put added pressure on already strained water and electricity supplies. And Senegal continues to…
Coverage details
12 outlets from 8 countries are covering this story: BBC News, DW, The Times of India, ABC News and 8 more. BBC News published it first, on November 6, 2026; the last outlet to join was France 24, 9 hours later.
Key names in the coverage: Kenyan, Paul Mackenzie, Jesus and Kenya.
By country: United Kingdom (3), United States (3), Germany (1), India (1), Qatar (1), Nigeria (1), Singapore (1), France (1). In total 13 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.
