Kenyan Doomsday Preacher Paul Mackenzie Jailed For 200 Years Over 191 Deaths

A Kenyan court has sentenced Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, to 200 years in prison for his role in the deaths of 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola Forest. According to Daily Post Nigeria, Mackenzie was found guilty in October alongside 28 other defendants for directing followers to starve themselves to death in the belief they would meet Jesus.

Justice Diana Mochache held that Mackenzie carried the primary criminal culpability for instructing these deadly fasting exercises, describing the killings as "cold and calculated."

The total sentence consists of a 100-year term for homicide and an additional 100 years for offences connected to the starvation deaths, which will run consecutively. Daily Post Nigeria reports that Mackenzie's 28 co-defendants, including gravediggers and guards accused of enforcing the fasting, received various prison terms, with the longest reaching 160 years. Ghpage notes that the sentencing was reported by NTV Kenya on Friday, November 6, 2026.

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