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  "id": 15621721,
  "title": "Court finds Paul Mackenzie guilty of 191 murders in Shakahola tragedy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/court-finds-paul-mackenzie-guilty-of-191-murders-in-shakahola-tragedy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:32:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/court-finds-paul-mackenzie-guilty-of-191-murders-in-shakahola-tragedy"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The High Court has found controversial cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his co-accused guilty of 191 counts of murder. The verdict on Monday, October 19, 2026, follows an exhaustive trial centered on the systematic starvation deaths in the remote Shakahola forest of Kilifi County, where hundreds of followers of Mackenzie’s Good News International Church […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Mackenzie, 28 others convicted over Shakahola massacre that killed 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/mackenzie-28-others-convicted-over-shakahola-massacre-that-killed-191",
        "published": "2026-10-19T15:49:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "DPP secures convictions of Mackenzie, 28 others in Shakahola massacre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/dpp-secures-convictions-of-mackenzie-28-others-in-shakahola-massacre",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:37:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "What happens to Paul Mackenzie after the Shakahola murder conviction?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/what-happens-to-paul-mackenzie-after-the-shakahola-murder-conviction",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:52:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Kenyan pastor Mackenzie guilty of murdering 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenyan-pastor-mackenzie-guilty-of-murdering-191-people",
        "published": "2026-10-19T17:19:13.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}