State should set up commission of inquiry into cults

Detectives exhume bodies in shallow graves at the farm of controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie in Shakahola, Kilifi County on April 25, 2023. [Kevin Macharia, Interior]

With the country still coming to grips with the mass killings in Shakahola in Malindi, more questions continue to be raised but with little or no answers at all.

For instance, the pregnant question that remains unanswered is why Pastor Paul Makenzi undertook the activities of his cult-like church, Good News International, for so long with the security and intelligence community knowing or if they knew, failed to take action.