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  "id": 18511919,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T14:15:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/africa/2026-11-06-kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-sentenced-to-200-years-for-child-murders/"
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  "summary": "A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher was sentenced to 200 years in prison on Friday for the murder of 190 children and one adult in an infamous starvation cult.",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people",
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        "title": "Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison",
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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",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kenyan-court-sentences-starvation-cult-leader-to-200-years",
        "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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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "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",
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