Dozens more bodies have been found in eastern Kenya on land owned by the leader of a religious cult.
At least 73 people have died, including women and children.
Authorities say they believe the victims starved themselves to death after being told to stop eating in order to “meet Jesus”.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Malindi, Kenya.
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Th grave diggers had alot of work to do n I doubt if they were fasting together with makenzi
The pastor looks very healthy,he just manipulate others while yeye anabomoa sembe
Minerals: Soda ash, fluorspar, and diatomite, gold, limestone, and niobium
how do you mean
@Hope Waudi Seems to be listing the key minerals found in Kenya. If that’s that’s the case, needs to add gemstone, titanium, etc.
Well, Mister, if it helps, to avoid doing lots of research, to know why people are starving in Kenya, they are not dying because of famine-induced starvation (That’s unheard of over here), this is self-imposed starvation.. Underline the word “self”.. And this can only be done by the least intelligent of us all.. So, “Good Riddance!!!”.. I pity the kids though, sure they never signed up for it and didn’t go without a helping hand.
The pastor will be rich after this it a demonic sacrifice
Religion is a serious problem in Africa
Kindly my suggestion is not biased in any case but it’s the truth
God don’t exist , we should embrace science , education and technology
Why do Christians fool so easily?
Does it mean even the pastor starved to death?
He’s alive 😅. Right now he’s charged in court for so many crimes including murder. But you should see how arrogant he is despite all the crimes he’s committed
@Masha Salvador It is like this is his habit. In that case let the Kenyan government transfer him to DRC for judgement. There he will get proper justice and from that time he will stop all that behavior
@Joseph Chiyembo I hope justice will be served to the victims 😊. That’s what we’re all praying for
Kenya is a country coming out as the most shameful to associate with in East Africa. The greed and exploitation is at a very high level
go cry
Friend, most of the East region is on fire. It’s like you do not see the news. Uganda, Somalia, S. Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia. Look at Sudan right now. But I agree we must change these shameful ways and move forward and progress as a nation and as a united region.
@Jay O it’s the whole world actually. Weird stuff’s been happening since the you know what insect.
Your last name precedes your text, good Sir. How many years since independence and you are still crying? If it’s so terrible then why don’t you join the lost in Malindi? Nobody would kif-a-tam maen!🤣
Kenya is the worst for a cult. Let’s not look at the war in Sudan or tigrean war in Ethiopia or anything else. This might be bad but not the worst thing in east Africa
Why not the leader to sample, to death and the rest follows. How can a toilet dependent creature tells me not to eat and for him busy eating. That’s what I call “religious frustration “
Feeling sad for the young children who probably had no idea what was going on…
Better you die in the cause of war and draught than this way,I feel sorry for those who lost their lives in the wrong way thanks
I dont know what is wrong with Kenyan… they like to be slave as they work as Kadamas in Gulf countries, there ar jealous with fellow africans, is 1st country in Africa for his people to keep dying with hunger, is first country that u cant trust any tourist to go near by. Poor Kenyan
Christianity they need to think about theirs beliefs
even Islam is used by others to mislead terrorists
not 73 but 83
Swali langu ni moja Tu hao walizika hii Mili kabla haijafukuliwa niwakina nani ? Pilli hakuna wazee WA nyumba kumi namachief hyo area?
Hii ni siasa tu..kesho kesho kutwa utaskia huyo pastor amepewa nafasi ya CAS kwa serekali
As a Kenyan, it’s a pity. The death toll rises to 83 right now. The pastor isn’t even ashamed and even in court he still says he’s right. We even have a guy claiming to be ‘Jesus’ 😂. Kenya my country 🇰🇪🤗🤭
It’s not funny
@K. Yeah, it ain’t funny . We hope for the best at the end of all this waves. I hope the victims can get justice
There is a jesus in zambia too 😂
It only matters when Africans purposely starve themselves to death, when they are starving to death because there’s no food the media doesn’t report on it and westerners don’t care.
..ehh…pseudo..??…wife to the illegit gmo muppet aka sugu wa sugoi ..had the mirracle of turning muddy water into wine….this she claimed infront of the pastors meeting in a “”church””…while the muppet himself says he “heard” a voice telling him to be a pastor…gachietha too is not left out…”complete” with a pseudo pastor/wife…
…the “rot” of rogues stealing elections….
Kindly don’t waste taxpayers money to put this guy to prison.Put him to sleep immediately demon❌
Lord Jesus 😥🙏
Jesus is just a messenger and slave of The Lord nothing more. If you pray for Jesus your prayers never get answered but if you pray to God it will always answered right away or in time. May God guide you may Allah guide you
@WOULINX Jesus is better than mohamed the pedo
@WOULINX Well I’ve had many prayers answered in the name of Jesus. Also, I think you’re referring to the Jesus of your religion, not the biblical Jesus.
That police IG wanted to kill the opposition leader Raila Odinga , and now he pretends to be investigating a cult killer, he should investigate himself first
The pastor is Lunatic
One should read Isaiah 58, that is what God call true fasting. Those people perished for lack of knowledge. If one wants to isolate themselves, they should isolate them from sin and sinful desires not sinners. Fasting is staying away from sin and sinful desires, staying away from food is an addition but as the Spirit of God suggests and should not be forced on anyone.
This evidences are leading to horror
The biggest tragedy to black Africa is the religion of Christianity that is fake,our people need to open their eyes Jesus Christ is not real but biblical character created by the Roma Piso family to keep black Africans in check and in darkness
This man must be using satanic powers. It’s not easy for any government to let go of a killer. I’ve come across such stories. Adonai help us. 😢
Religion is the problem of Africa.
I’m not empathetic at all.
Me too, just some lesser fools to compete against, in this tough economy of ours. I feel for the kids though, but am sure the adults ended it earlier for them. My fellow countrymen have never disappointed me this bad. Am actually embarrassed more than I am sad.
Churches starved people to death terrorism
I mourn the victims of this deadly cult. Christ warned us many false Christs will come and deceive many, they have sneaked into the churches. Stand your guard beware the enemy is a roaring lion seeking whom to devour😢. My deep heartfelt condolences to the close families and friends of the victims. May The Almighty bless Kenya. 🙏🏿
Do you mourn the victims of starvation when it’s because they literally have no food?
People…There is no such thing as Santa Claus, flying dragons, parting the seas, turning cane in snakes, turning water to wine, multiplying food and etc…. please grow up you money scammers and scripture spammers.
our very own reincarnation of david koresh
Kindly investigate this matter into the bottom line. First and second families i.e the Kenyan president and his deputy are members of the same cult. Workers at the official presidential palace (state House) are also forced to fast Wednesday of every week. Kenya is a doomed country
The land is 800 acres
Sounds similar to Islamic cults who send their children off to be suicide bombers and terrorists.
Who knows of the Jim Jones cult who drank the Kool-Aid laced with poison? The majority of those who drank the tainted Kool-aid were black people. Moral of the story is to not drink the Kool-aid of those sending you into an early grave for some deranged cause.
Blind Faith = *Religion* 😅
The government should not only focus on the pastor and his team but also beyond who may be the sponsor behind such action
The amount of nonsense human beings get feed and eventually consume is outstanding. Before believing in anything research first.
I thank Allah for “Iam a Muslim “ alhamdulillah
You don’t say👀
Hehe, wueh!! the Irony.. I think I should be thanking God coz am neither Christian nor Muslim.. Not controlled by the doctrines you’all follow, I worship my God however I want whichever time I want and how I want
This is corruption ⛔️⛔️😳😳
The worst kind of slavery, the white man left to Africa, is this good for nothing Roman invented religion.
Guys this pastor is like the leadership of Ah-Shabab. Sending young brainwashed to their doom. Please arrest him Kenya!
Well, maybe he is Alshabaab, who knows for now. Guy was a taxi driver on the coast for years and then he became a pastor. Well, think about it, the possibility wouldn’t surprise me.
He’s even holding purified water en followers are starving to death😢
This cult leader should be charged with Genocide and Violation of the UN Human Rights Charter. Please INTERPOL intervene on this case
I blame this government
😢
OmG wat is this??
This is sickening ..
Mwenyezi Mungu tunusuru
More bodies were retrieved today
The power of your mind when they brain wash your mind your done
How do you let a paster tell you to starve to death and you go ahead and listen to that nonsense
do not go these churches. children are at risk.
Ya maandamano ndio wanaeza fatilia sana lakini upande wa maauji hawajui justice for Jeff pia yeye ni mtu kama hao wengine
What is going on they doing it again
Feel sorry also the people digging up the bodies, some which have decomposed 🤔
yeah they need counseling
They are professionals, sure they see this kind of thing every other day
The appropriate punishment for this pastor, would be to lock him in a jail cell with and deprive him of food and water until he draws his last breath.😳 Let him suffer the same fate as those poor souls.🙏🏽
He’s been on a hunger strike for days, and will likely starve himself to death.
@Timely Inspiration I doubt it…. He’s probably snacking on the low. These type of people are never able to take a healthy dose of their own medicine.😩
I blame the people who introduced Christianity to Africans. This is not our religion at all. It was used by our colonizers to brainwash Africans and steal their wealth by giving them false hopes….I now hope these guys are “dancing in heaven”
Jim Jones of Kenya. Although the body count is not comparable, the damaged is the same.
Well, we are not competing on the body count, good Sir. If ours remain as small as possible, the better for us.
It’s 90 not 73 so far
This is brain wash which it start way back when they use it to brainwash Africans and colonies them through the word religion and this thing is still killing us and districting us afticans
And fed.
How cruel and sad came this be awo my system
Please research : this pastor MacKenzie was a frequent visitor to Kenyan statehouse prayer meetings chaired by mrs ruto and mrs Gachagua
You should be employed at Citizen, Sherlock Holmes, but you are jobless, is that why the pain against the first and second ladies?
@Chris Wamahiu jobless where ? Can support you with your entire generations , don’t showcase here your low i. Q
@Chris Wamahiu..ehh…pseudo..??…wife to the illegit gmo muppet aka sugu wa sugoi ..had the mirracle of turning muddy water into wine….this she claimed infront of the pastors meeting in a “”church””…while the muppet himself says he “heard” a voice telling him to be a pastor…gachietha too is not left out…”complete” with a pseudo pastor/wife…
…the “rot” of rogues stealing elections….
May Allah guide them they are so lost
allah guided al shabaab to bomb civilians in Kenya. So no thank you
Come to Islam ☪️ Come to Peace
The bombers?? We dont need our country to look like middle east
🙏
Kenya has no money and no natural resources.
It is finished.
Just forget about it.
I’m sure this guy bribed some village lidears to keep quite ans tip them with money , I’m scared that even now they will let him out soon after killing those confused followers 😢😢
Hata na wewe unadanganywa aje sasa…..mimi mwenye siamini pope
..ehh…pseudo..??…wife to the illegit gmo muppet aka sugu wa sugoi ..had the mirracle of turning muddy water into wine….this she claimed infront of the (political) pastors meeting in a “”church””…while the muppet himself says he “heard” a voice telling him to be a pastor…gachietha too is not left out…”complete” with a pseudo pastor/wife…
…the “rot” of rogues stealing elections….
Why is the pastor not dying himself?
Good job Angels
Do not underestimate the power of stupid people when they have numbers. George Carlin
Yeah, it’s in the Bible, better meet a hungry beast than meet a fool dragging his own foolishness
Hii stori imefika majuu 😮
They’ve got money for wars but can’t feed the poor
Africans need to follow science rather than Islam and Christianity😢
This is mather Africa
Like a sparrow that flies away, like a swallow that flies away,
such a baseless curse will not reach its goal.
The Pastor is a false prophet
Organ harvesting
So sad 🙏
I bet you you the pastor has at least 6 big meals a day…
Why is nobody talking about the freemason and the human sacrifices they do,no investigations on them whatsoever why
I thinks people all over the world should understand these evil monsters that how they fools millions of innocents in the name of superstitions & wants to establish their own empire & fame , I think same happened with Islamic jihadists,they are doing jihad for so call 72 virgins in jannah ,RIP all innocents of Kenya
They were feeling nothing burying this bodies,this pastor was not felling anything because he was burying his followers no feellings at all you are learned but you don’t use your brain ama he was using juju
Thank you, thank you, thank you religion. Yet another example of how religious indoctrination leads to cruelty, suffering and pain-all in the pursuit of an imaginary god. Neil Degrasse Tyson said it best. Science flies you to the moon, religion flies airplanes into buildings.
This is very sad. unbelievable. Check what residents also found out about the same .
every religion is a cult
Quran 25:44
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
Its not a culd !!!! The pastor was just a fault’s pastor with a criminal record!!.
..ehh….wife to the illegit gmo muppet aka sugu wa sugoi ..had the “mirracle” of turning muddy water into wine….this she claimed infront of the pastors meeting in a “”church””…while the muppet himself says he “heard” a voice telling him to be a pastor…gachietha too is not left out…”complete” with a pseudo pastor/wife…
…the “rot” of rogues stealing elections….
🎉Kenya must be an awful place to live! They knew it was suicide to do this. But…why make the kids suffer too!!! 😢😢😢 Turning to cults is not the way. You can’t give up hope for a good life. Grow your food and unify for survival. Life will get better ❤️🩹 if you make it happen. Pray 🙏🏾 for strength and unity.🎉
Kenya is one of the best places to live actually. One bad incident shouldn’t make you rule out our country like that. That guy is one out of the many millions.. and FYI, we grow our food and it’s not just the poor who fell for the false preacher the rich as well did, do you due diligence.
Ignorant and clueless fool smh.
Why didn’t the pastor starve to die to meet Jesus Christ?
Keep them coming the more the better. Now what shall I have for tea.
This is so Saaaad!
Jesus Freaks
This is the result of the western dogma and falsehood preaching
They could have just paid fare and go and see jesus of tongaren
someone might be behind this incidents
How can that happen if there is a god
That pastor is certainly mentality ill..A mad man.
Very disturbing 😭😭.There are extremists in every religion.