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Kindiki returns to Shakahola to oversee postmortem exercise

Mackenzie is accused of instructing members to starve themselves to "meet Jesus".

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by LINDWE DANFLOW

News01 May 2023 - 05:43
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In Summary


  • The CS is expected to oversee the commencement of the post-mortem examination of 110 bodies so far recovered from the Shakahola forest.
  • According to Francis Gachuri, Head of Communications at the ministry, a team of experts led by Government Chief Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor will carry out the postmortem examinations.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki with a team of security officers.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kithure Kindiki will on Monday return to Kilifi to oversee a postmortem on the bodies of victims of a suspected cult that were exhumed in Shakahola.

The CS is expected to oversee the commencement of the post-mortem examination of 110 bodies so far recovered from the Shakahola forest.

According to Francis Gachuri, Head of Communications at the ministry, a team of experts led by Government Chief Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor will carry out the postmortem examinations.

Pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge of the Good News International Church is accused of instructing members to starve themselves to "meet Jesus".

Homicide detectives have since last week been searching for graves on the 800-acre piece of land belonging to Mackenzie.

The cult leader was arrested on April 14 following a tip-off that suggested the existence of shallow graves containing the bodies of some of his followers.

Last week, the CS declared a 30-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Chakama Ranch area.

This means that there shall be no public gatherings, processions or movement either alone or as a group during the period of curfew into and out of Chakama Ranch.

Last Friday, all the police commanders in Kilifi County were redeployed to allow a thorough probe into the saga.

Kindiki announced the redeployment of the commanders on Friday, as he toured the area for the second time this week.

CS Kindiki said the commanders were from all levels – division, sub-county and county – and all services – the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

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