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Kenyan starvation cult leader faces death penalty over 191 deaths

Daily Sabah6 November 2026, 09:00 UTCKenya

Self-proclaimed Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie faces a possible death sentence Friday for orchestrating a starvation cult that killed 190 children and an adult, as grieving families...

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