{
  "id": 18502354,
  "title": "Kenyan cult leader gets 200 years for starving 190 children to death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-gets-200-years-for-starving-190-children-to-death",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:08:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/kenyan-cult-leader-gets-200-years-for-starving-190-children-to-death/articleshow/135606982.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paul Nthenge Mackenzie faces a staggering 200-year prison sentence for orchestrating the Shakahola massacre, which tragically claimed the lives of numerous church members, including 190 innocent children who reportedly starved under his directives. He manipulated his followers to believe that fasting would bring them closer to Jesus in the face of an impending apocalypse.",
  "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."
}