Kenya cult deaths top 100, as pastor arraigned over 'mass killings'
Kenyan pastor Ezekiel Odero (left) when he appeared in court on April 28, 2023. Detectives said they have credible evidence that some people who died at Odero’s church were buried in a piece of land in Shakahola belonging to Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG
A Kenyan televangelist was arrested on Thursday and brought to court on Friday morning after reports of the "mass killing of his followers", the Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said, as authorities investigated scores of other deaths linked to a religious cult from the same region.
