Tag: #shakaholamassacre

MOMBASA, Kenya July 29 –Two young witnesses took the stand today in the ongoing manslaughter case against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and 94 co-accused. The first witness, a 16-year-old identified in court only as SBB for protection, described before Chief Magistrate Hon Alex Ithuku how his life was turned upside down after his mother withdrew…

A senior children’s officer made chilling revelations on how children were brutalised and tortured in the Shakahola Forest. Principal Children’s Officer Sebastian Muli Muteti testified that the tormenting exercises were made under the watch of controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his associates. During the Wednesday hearings before Principal Magistrate Hon. Nelly Chepchirchir, he detailed…