# Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie convicted in starvation deaths

https://mins.news/en/item/106567

- Reuters, 2026-10-19 16:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/paul-mackenzie-kenyan-preacher-who-led-hundreds-starve-death-2026-10-19/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad63fb4ab53aa0001d9a2eb

> More than three years after police uncovered mass graves linked to a starvation cult led by evangelist Paul Mackenzie, he was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.

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