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Makenzi embarks on hunger strike in prison for fear of poisoning

Controversial preacher Paul Makenzi talks with his lawyer Lawrence Obonyo after Friday’s hearing at Mombasa High Court over 191 murder charges. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Controversial Preacher Paul Makenzi who is accused of the murder of his followers has not eaten food or drunk water for the last four days, fearing that he may be poisoned.

Makenzi told Principal Magistrate Nelly Chepchirchir that he found bottles next to his food in his cell that had traces of a pink substance he suspected was poison.

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