The Shakahola Massacre case proceeded with a 17-year-old boy informing Court that controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie protected a man who raped his younger sister inside the Good News International Church.
The minor, who at the time was 10 years old, told court that Mackenzie and fellow pastor George Mwaura threatened his mother preventing her from reporting the incident to the Police.
The alleged rapist was a husband of a female preacher at Mackenzie’s church in Furunzi-Malindi, Kilifi County.
According to a statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution Mombasa, Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku heard that the two pastors sought to resolve the defilement case within the church but instead covered it up and denied the family justice.
The court also heard that the church taught children to reject education, medication, and other worldly affairs, instead guiding them to memorize Bible verses for reference.
The witness read some of the verses he had memorized in the courtroom, where Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Mumbua Maweu, and 92 others are charged with 283 counts of manslaughter.
He also testified that Evans Kolombe Sirya, one of the accused, coached children and instructed them to lie to a Malindi magistrate court in a case against Mackenzie.
