# Kenyan cult pastor Paul Mackenzie appears in court for verdict

https://mins.news/en/video/106145

- BBC News, 2026-10-19 10:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_RgKjeNb4

> A Kenyan judge has begun delivering a verdict in the mass-murder case against doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie and 29 followers. They are charged with killing 191 people, all but one children. The cult is alleged to have forced children to starve to death to “meet Jesus.” All defendants deny murder and say nobody was forced to die.

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