00:00A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya, Paul McKenzie, who is linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than
00:07400 people, was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, according to prosecutors.
00:13In a case that made global headline in 2023, hundreds of bodies were discovered just inland from the Kenyan beach
00:20resort of Malindi, in what became known as the Shakahola Forest Massacre, one of the world's worst cult-related tragedies.
00:28McKenzie has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of manslaughter at his trolley Mombasa and has remained in custody, but
00:36last year more bodies were discovered in the remote village of Binsaro, around 30 kilometres from Shakahola along the Indian
00:43Ocean coast, suggesting the same cult had continued to operate even after McKenzie's arrest.
00:49The Public Prosecution Office said in a statement on X that it had charged McKenzie and others with organised criminal
00:56activity, two counts of radicalisation, two counts of facilitating commission of a terrorist act in relation to the deaths of
01:05at least 52 people at Kwa Binsaro area in Chakama, Kilifi County.
01:10The Public Prosecution Office
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