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Video clips show frail Makenzi followers in Shakahola forest

Detectives during the phase five exhumation of bodies in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county. [File, Standrd]

Video clips of the Shakahola "doomsday cult" played for the first time in court show how dozens of frail and malnourished faithful who were fasting could not even run to evade arrest by police.

The clips also reveal that the faithful of Good News International (GNI), linked to controversial pastor Paul Makenzi, planned to undertake large-scale irrigation farming in the Chakama ranch.

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