Cult Members Found Starved to Death in Forest After Fasting for Jesus



Four people have died and 11 others are in hospital in Kilifi, Kenya, after starving themselves to see Jesus on the alleged orders of their preacher, according to reports. Three of those in hospital are in a critical condition.

Police in Nairobi attempted to rescue the suspected religious cult members from a forest where they were starving themselves on April 13, according to a Capital News report.

Police have said the group had been brainwashed by the leader of the Good News International Church, Makenzie Nthenge, who is also known as Paul Makenzie Nthenge.
Good News International Church. Starving yourself is good news?

Regarding the latest incident allegedly involving Nthenge, police said they received reports on Thursday that "there were ignorant citizens who were starving to death in pretext to meet Jesus after being brainwashed by suspect Makenzie Nthenge, a pastor of Good News International Church."
But, wait. It gets better

Authorities also suspect there is a mass grave in the forest where other cult members are buried.


"On April 13 2023, an intelligence report was submitted to Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officers (SCCIO) Malindi by one Karume Fondo," the report read. "He further alleged that there is a mass shallow grave of victims of that brainwashing totalling to 31 bodies in an unidentified place at Skakahola Forest within Langobaya in Malindi sub country."

On March 23 Nthenge was arrested and accused of killing babies and burying them in shallow graves. He was released on a Kenyan SH1000,000 bond ($742).

According to a separate TUKO report, the pastor was also accused of brainwashing two parents into killing their two children to make them "heroes" in the eyes of God.
Good Grief.

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