### [2026-10-19](/feed/2026/10/19/index.md)

##### Shakahola Forest incident
# A Kenyan court convicts Good News International Ministries leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of murdering 190 children and an adult whose deaths were linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/paul-mackenzie-kenyan-preacher-who-led-hundreds-starve-death-2026-10-19/)

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