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Shakahola cult: All Kilifi police commanders moved to allow thorough probe

kithure kindiki at shakahola

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki at Shakahola village in Kilifi County, where detectives are exhuming bodies in an investigation into cult leader Paul Mackenzie, on April 28, 2023.

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group

All the police commanders in Kilifi County have been redeployed to allow a thorough probe into a cult led by Paul Mackenzie, even as detectives continue exhuming the bodies of people believed to have starved to death.

By Thursday, the body count of people Mr Mackenzie is said to have convinced to die by starvation, in order to meet God, stood at 109.