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Revealed: Australian cult link in Shakahola massacre

Exhumed bodies at Shakahola Forest. May 15, 2023. [Nehemiah Okwemba, Standard]

Two Australian preachers, famous for their cultic teachings, influenced controversial preacher Paul Makenzi's doomsday teachings, a Parliamentary committee has heard.

Dave Mackay and Sherry Mackay, founders of a cult movement named 'Voice in the Desert', are believed to have passed on their cultic practices to Makenzi, who was arrested over the deaths of more than 429 Kenyans.

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