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Makenzi's doomsday tapes and his cult's evolution to organised criminal enterprise

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Shakahola cult leader Paul Makenzi. He masterminded the deaths of, at least, 300 followers. [File, Standard]

"It would have been much better if you had not heard my words, for this alone would have saved you. But if you heard me, judgment will be upon you," June 14, 2016, Makaburini, Malindi.

On the day servant Paul Nthenge Makenzi invoked these ominous words, he almost talked himself sore, before a sizable crowd of weary mourners at the Malindi Cemetery.

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