Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years for deaths of 191 people
Paul Mackenzie and others convicted at Mombasa High Court over campaign involving abuse and forced fasting.
At a glance
- Mackenzie founded the Good News International Church
- 191 people died, with 190 of them children
- More than two dozen others were also convicted
- Sentencing took place at Mombasa High Court
Paul Mackenzie, founder of the Good News International Church, has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, the vast majority of them children. Mackenzie and more than two dozen others were convicted at the Mombasa High Court on Friday.
The convictions relate to a campaign involving abuse and forced fasting that resulted in the deaths.
Why it matters
The case represents one of Kenya's most significant prosecutions involving mass deaths within a religious group.
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