# Kenyan father haunted by children’s deaths as starvation cult leader faces sentencing

https://mins.news/en/item/130356

- Reuters, 2026-11-05 09:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyan-father-haunted-by-childrens-deaths-ahead-starvation-cult-leaders-2026-11-05/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aec4ca92a145b00011d6be5

> Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan leader of a starvation cult, is due to be sentenced on Friday for murdering 190 children and an adult. Stephen Mwiti and other victims’ relatives fear Mackenzie may keep spreading his deadly messages.

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