Fatal Fasting: Four Cult Members Starve to Death in Kenya
TL;DR
Four people have died and 11 others are in hospital in Kilifi, Kenya, after starving themselves on the alleged orders of their preacher, Makenzie Nthenge, who is also known as Paul Makenzie Nthenge. Police have said the group had been brainwashed by the leader of the Good News International Church. Nthenge was arrested and accused of killing babies and burying them in shallow graves. He was released on a Kenyan SH1000,000 bond ($742).
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