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  "id": 18503159,
  "title": "Kenyan cult leader jailed 200 years for killing 191 people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-jailed-200-years-for-killing-191-people",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T13:24:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/kenyan-cult-leader-jailed-200-years-for-killing-191-people/"
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  "summary": "Kenyan court sentences cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, including 190 children, in Shakahola forest. The judge described the killings as \"cold and calculated\" and stated that the sentence was intended to send a strong message that such atrocities deserve the maximum penalties allowed by law. Mackenzie's 28 co-defendants received prison terms of up to 160 years, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty but the judge declining to impose it, citing the possibility of rehabilitation.",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-doomsday-cult-leader-given-life-sentence-for-murdering-191",
        "published": "2026-11-06T11:54:08.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison",
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        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T12:37:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-190",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:46:51.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenyan court sentences starvation cult leader to 200 years",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T12:50:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years in jail for murdering 190 children, one adult",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-in-jail-for",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:55:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Kenyan doomsday cult leader jailed for 200 years for murdering 191 followers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-doomsday-cult-leader-jailed-for-200-years-for-murdering-191",
        "published": "2026-11-06T12:55:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-cult-leader-paul-mackenzie-sentenced-to-200-years-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-11-06T13:01:38.000Z"
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        "title": "Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-for-child-murders-18511919",
        "published": "2026-11-06T14:15:00.000Z"
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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."
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