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Shakahola cult: IG Koome orders Internal Affairs Unit to probe police complicity
Some of the 18 bodies exhumed by homicide detectives from land owned by cult leader Paul Mackenzie at Shakahola village in Kilifi County on April 23, 2022.
Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group
Following allegations that police officers in the Coast Region, in Kilifi County in particular, were aware of clandestine activities around cult leader Paul Mackenzie and deliberately failed to act on several reports filed at various stations against him, an inquiry has been opened.
Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome on Friday directed the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) to immediately open an inquiry into claims of police inaction and complicity, and submit findings and recommendations to him for action.
