A full-scale investigation has been launched into the Good News International Church and its leader who preached that death by starvation delivered followers to God. theSun theSundaily cult church death investigation Kenya WorldNews
Body bags are seen arranged as forensic experts and homicide detectives exhume bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya April 22, 2023.
Since then, a number of people have been rescued and dozens of bodies unearthed in mass graves dug in shallow pits. “Terrorists use religion to advance their heinous acts. People like Mr Mackenzie are using religion to do exactly the same thing.” “How did such a heinous crime, organized and executed over a considerable period of time, escape the radar of our intelligence system?”
He was released on bail of 100,000 Kenyan shillings before surrendering to police following the Shakahola raid. Hussein Khalid, a member of the rights group Haki Africa that tipped off the police to the actions of the church, said one of those rescued had refused to eat despite being in clear physical distress.