A defence witness in the ongoing Shakahola massacre trial has told the High Court of Mombasa that members of the Shakahola forest settlement referred to deaths as “weddings,” describing a belief system that framed death as a spiritual transition rather than an end. Testifying before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Mombasa High Court, the accused
Self proclaimed preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 30 of his co accused have been placed on their defence after the High Court in Mombasa ruled that they have a case to answer in the ongoing Shakahola mass murder trial involving 191 counts. In a ruling delivered on April 15 2026, Justice Diana Kavedza found that
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today tightened its case in the ongoing Shakahola massacre trial after three witnesses shared harrowing accounts that painted a grim picture of the events linked to Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Good News Church. Appearing virtually before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Mombasa High Court, the prosecution presented the day’s first