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Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

Some of the bodies were exhumed from the Shakahola forest. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

It's Sunday, and the Christian Power Centre church near Shakahola Forest, which would be full on a day like this three years ago, is almost empty. The pastors claim that the former church members have lost trust in them.

Only a few of the nearly 1,000 devotees of Good News International (GNI) church and its leader, Paul Makenzi, survived after relocating to the forest to establish a cult commune.

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