Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 19 October 2026
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court has found the starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst
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Both outlets focus on the murder convictions and the scale of the deaths, with The Guardian US and France 24 each highlighting 190 children and one adult. The Guardian US frames the case through Paul Mackenzie and the prosecutors’ account of a sect that ordered starvation, while France 24 is more concise and in one item notes the convictions were on all charges; its later bulletin-style extract mentions 191 murders, but that is not elaborated there.
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