Magarini Member of Parliament Harrison Kombe claims that controversial cleric Paul Mackenzie Nthenge buried two of his wives at his church’s altar.
Mackenzie, the leader of the Good News International Church, is at the centre of a terrifying cult investigation in Kilifi, where he is said to have instructed members to starve themselves in order to “meet Jesus.”
Detectives have discovered 98 bodies after examining a burial site in Chakama Ranch, Shakahola Forest, for seven days.
While revealing more details about the incident, MP Kombe stated that while Pastor Mackenzie was burying his wives, his heinous actions spread like wildfire to the public, forcing him to close the church and opt to ‘go to the farm and practise farming’.
“Pastor Mackenzie started his ministry in Malindi, Furunzi area. Time went by and he lost his wife and buried her in the church, he lost another one and buried her in the church, he buried them at the altar,” he said during an interview with Citizen TV on Thursday.
“Eventually we had wrangles and that is why the church was shut down. When it was closed that is when he said he is going to do some farming. This was about three years ago.”
MP Kombe added that while visiting Chakama to commission a road project, he met a young man from Eldoret County who had escaped Pastor Mackenzie’s camp.
MP Kombe went on to say that the young man had gone to find his mother and had witnessed a slew of deaths in the camp.
“He told me that people are suffering there and dying. He told me that ‘since I went there I have witnessed over 50 people being buried’,” he said.
MP Kombe stated that after hearing the young man’s story, he rushed to the regional offices of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), but was disappointed to learn that the police officers were advocating for Pastor Mackenizie’s activities.
“I did due diligence and took him to Malindi’s DCI offices and to our surprise the Deputy Officer started praising Mackenzie saying Mackenzie is a good man, we arrested him and he was released with a bail of Ksh.10,000.”
Following the operation, Chakama Ranch has been cordoned off and a 30-day dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed.
Police have also arrested fourteen cult members since then.
Meanwhile, over 300 people have been reported dead, with the majority of those killed being children.
