Detained Cult Leader Pastor Paul Mackenzie Goes on Hunger Strike in Police Cells
Controversial Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has reportedly staged a hunger strike in the police cells, where he is currently being held.
Mackenzie has gone for over four days without eating any food, according to officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
He was arrested last week in connection with the deaths of his followers, who are said to have fast to death on instructions of the preacher.
Malindi Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Usui on Monday ordered the detention of Pastor Mackenzie for 14 days pending investigations into his alleged cult.
On Friday, forensic detectives exhumed the bodies of seven people believed to be Mackenzie’s followers who died after going for several days without food in an attempt to ‘meet God.’
The bodies, including those of two children, had been buried in shallow graves in Shakahola area of Malindi, Kilifi County and were only wrapped in pieces of cloth, according to police.
The bodies were retrieved from two of the 58 shallow graves identified by police in an 800-acre parcel of land in Shakahola that is believed to be owned by Pastor Mackenzie. The exhumation exercise entered the second day on Saturday.
Even though Mackenzie’s Good News International Church was shut down in 2019, the preacher has continued to attract the masses through his preaching of the ‘end times and fasting to go to heaven.’
Mackenzie, who is yet to be charged officially, is said to have named the Shakahola villages with names from the Bible, according to area residents. The place where he built his house is called ‘Galilee’.
The whole 800-acre parcel of land is referred to as the ‘Holy Land’ and has villages like Bethany, Galilee, Sidon, and others. Where the seven bodies were retrieved on Friday is known as ‘Sidon.’
Comments (14)
Nthenge should hire a good lawyer who will give police a hard time to prove he coursed the deaths.The simple question is-Did he force the expired fools to stop eating?The case is baseless as those idiots volunteered to be hungry to go to haven.The same happens to Raila followers who volunteer to be killed for their tribe to rule.
We do not know what the charges are.At least I am not aware of... him being charge with murder as you suggest.Anyway apparently children died as well.Obviously him or some other adults are responsible for the death of these minors,even if they voluntarily starved themselves to death...What say you?
First degree murder, you dummy! He is a friend of your Luhyah Jesu wa Rongereni; your cult leader!
Theatrics! Force some rotten eggs down his throat until such a time we hang that neck with an iron rope!
Maybe he's just fasting to death so that he can meet Jesus🤔
Let his die of hunger! He has already killed enough people. It is rime for him to go!
Someone find Out what Happened (happens) to the Properties of the Dead cultees.
This fool has been telling his followers to starve themselves to death so they can see the savior, maybe it is time to let him practice what he has been preaching.
Is this the guy they call ‘jesus of the Tongereni” feom the Luhya nation? He needs to go…
@ Sally
Hakuna taifa lolote Kenya kama "Luhya." Neno hili lilibuniwa na serikali ya mkoloni kama vile "Kalenjin" nalo lilibuniwa na hawa wenzetu wa asili ya Uingereza.
All that about colonialism is well understood! But the question still remains - do you know the answer or not?
I have very little sympathy for the dead fools, they wanted it, asked for it, begged for it. Kenyans are notoriously and stupidly religious and for that they have been stupified and taken advantage of by the criminal pastors and politicians and yet they continue to trek to the so called worship dens and surrender themselves to the conmen. This is just the beginning, the real shocks are just around the corner.
Brother Nthenge is a hustler. What else do you expect from a hustler? We already have a “hustler government” in power.
What’s a hustler government?
Government OF the hustlers
FOR the hustlers
BY the hustlers.
Had it not been for IEBC former Chairman,
WAFULA CHEBUKATI, The hustler government would not have been in power. How come?
Hustler Chebukati failed to adhere to the minimum requirements of Chapter 6 of our New Constitution. This special chapter required that any person contemplating of running for an elective public office, should have no hidden skeletons in his/her closet.
Had Hustler Chebukati followed the requirement in this chapter, neither Raila nor Samoei would have met the minimum standards to run for the presidency of Kenya,
Apparently he is a close friend and a spiritual adviser to Ruto and Rachel.. They are now denying him after they have all been caught.