7 hours ago · Kenya
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. BBC News Africa, CBS News, The Guardian World, South China Morning Post Asia, and Sky News World are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Kenya. The first report grouped here was at 19 Oct 2026, 09:21 UTC. 6 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court has found the starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Sky News World
Doomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult
- Picked up by Sky News World
- New development reported by BBC News Africa
Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Kenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
- Picked up by CBS News
Starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children
Same story, different outlets
5 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- BBC NewsKenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
- CBS NewsStarvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 190 children
- The GuardianKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
- South China Morning PostKenyan starvation cult leader found guilty of murder of 191 children, 1 adult
- Sky NewsDoomsday cult leader found guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult