{
  "id": 15419350,
  "title": "Three years on from Kenya's Shakahola cult murders, families still seek closure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/three-years-on-from-kenyas-shakahola-cult-murders-families-still-seek",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T13:47:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261018-shakahola-families-still-searching-for-their-dead-as-judgment-nears"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A court in Mombasa, Kenya, will on Monday deliver a long-awaited verdict in the Shakahola sect murder trial. Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed pastor, is accused of forcing church members, including children, to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus. Three years after the tragedy, families of the victims are hoping for closure so they can finally mourn their loved ones.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}