KENYA NEWS

Over 360 people have been reported missing as investigations into a cult linked to Pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church continue. Kenya Red Cross Coast region manager Hassan Musa said the missing persons were reported at the organization’s Public Information, Tracing and Support…

A businessman was on Wednesday charged with forging documents of parcels of land belonging to former presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi. Sammy Njuguna appeared before Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi of Milimani law courts where he pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of forgery. Njuguna is accused of…

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday made an impromptu visit to Jubilee Party headquarters in Kileleshwa after two groups clashed. Chaos erupted after factions led by East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Kanini Kega and former Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni clashed over the party…

The death toll at a ranch in Kilifi County that is owned by Pastor Paul Mackenzie who is accused of leading a religious cult and ordering his followers to fast to death has climbed to 98. The new figure came after police exhumed eight bodies of children on Wednesday, the sixth day of the exhumation…

Police have barred journalists from covering the ongoing exhumation exercise on land allegedly owned by cult leader Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who brainwashed his followers to fast to death in order to meet God. Members of the press were on Wednesday blocked from accessing the 800-acre parcel of land…

The family of Kenyan student Rodgers Kipruto who committed suicide in Finland last week is appealing for help to raise the Sh4 million needed to airlift his body to Kenya for burial. Kipruto’s dad Jonathan Kosgey said they are racing against time to raise the amount after Finnish authorities gave…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has ordered police to seize the property of Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is linked to the Shakahola massacre. In a statement on Tuesday, Haji said he was horrified at what he termed as heinous crimes committed by Mackenzie and his cult in…

Kenya and the United States have reiterated their commitment to working together to promote durable solutions including peacebuilding efforts. The deliberations happened during a bilateral meeting between Kenya’s Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua and US Secretary of State…

A Kajiado court on Tuesday ordered the detention of a Kenyan woman who was filmed butchering her two-year-old daughter on Sunday. Olivia Naserian appeared before Chief Magistrate Jane Kamu, who granted a request by detectives for more time to complete investigations into the case. Magistrate Kamu…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki says Pastor Paul Mackenzie could be charged with genocide for brainwashing people to fast to death in Shakahola forest, Kilifi County. As of Tuesday afternoon, 89 bodies of people believed to have starved to death on instructions of Mackenzie had been…