Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years for murder of 190 children

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  Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years for murder of 190 children

  <p>Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families</p><p>The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent history.</p><p>The sentence, comprising 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years by direct homicide, came two weeks after the court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/kenya-starvation-cult-leader-guilty-murder-190-children">found the cult leader guilty</a> of the crimes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/06/kenyan-doomsday-sect-leader-jailed-murders-paul-mackenzie">Continue reading...</a>

  Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:08:43 GMT

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1. 2026-11-06 15:08The Guardian — Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years for murder of 190 children