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Police arrest another Makenzi co-mastermind as exhumation resumes in Shakahola Forest

Police say the suspect is a co-mastermind and one of the top leaders of the cult led by Paul Makenzi. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

Police have arrested a man suspected to be a co-mastermind and one of the top leaders of the cult led by Paul Makenzi that resulted to dozens of his followers starving themselves to death on the promise of 'meeting their maker.'

According to Coast Region Commander Rhoda Onyancha, twenty-six people have so far been arrested, over their alleged involvement in the cult.

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