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Shakahola deaths Probe: Makenzi closed church to deceive police

Some of the bodies that have been exhumed by police officers at Shakahola in Malindi, Kilifi County. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

The uncovered shallow graves on the desolate plains of Malindi's Shakahola village tell a sorrowful story of a heinous crime.

Homesteads called Bethlehem, Judea, and Nazareth, where Makenzi's followers reputedly starved to death to "meet Jesus," are desolate within the village's thickets.

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