At least 58 have been exhumed from mass graves in a land belonging to Pastor Paul Makenzi of the Good News International Church, in coastal Kenya, who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death.
According to his followers, they were starving on the pastor’s instructions in order to “meet Jesus”.
In a statement, Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said that more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to Makenzi, who was arrested on April 14 over links to cultism.
The embattled end time pastor was also fingered in the death of two children who were starved and strangled to death by their parents “to please God”.
It was gathered that the discovery of the bodies was made after a tip off from members of the public led police to raid the pastor’s property in Malindi, where they found 15 emaciated people, including four who later died.
More so, police had been told there were dozens of shallow graves spread across Makenzi’s farm.
Recall that the pastor had been arrested twice before, in 2019 and on March 22, this year, in relation to the deaths of children.
However, each time, he was released on bond, and both cases are still proceeding through the court.
As of the time of filing this report, police have asked a court to allow them to hold Makenzi longer as investigations into the deaths of his followers continue.
