Posted on 04/25/2023 4:04:12 AM PDT by FarCenter
Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) – Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the total number of victims to 83, as fears grow of the toll spiking even further.
Police have spent days scouring the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi after receiving a tip-off about a cult led by Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who urged his followers to starve to death in order to find God.
The 10 bodies recovered on Tuesday included three children, as emergency workers clad in white jumpsuits exhumed their remains from shallow graves and also found two emaciated survivors, according to the AFP journalist.
The grim discovery has sent shockwaves through the country, prompting President William Ruto to pledge a crackdown on "unacceptable" religious movements.
As the fatalities mounted, authorities at the state-run Malindi Sub-County Hospital warned Tuesday that the morgue was running out of space to store the bodies and already operating well over capacity.
"The hospital mortuary has a capacity of 40 bodies," said the hospital's administrator Said Ali, adding that officials had reached out to the Kenya Red Cross for refrigerated containers.
It is believed that some followers of the Good News International Church could still be hiding in the bush around Shakahola and at risk of death if not quickly found.
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Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki has announced plans to visit the site on Tuesday, while Ruto has vowed to take action against rogue pastors like Nthenge "who want to use religion to advance weird, unacceptable ideology", comparing them to terrorists.
As the Kenyan authorities try to uncover the true scale of what is being dubbed the "Shakahola Forest Massacre", questions have emerged about how the cult was able to operate undetected despite Nthenge attracting police attention six years ago.
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Darkness is upon the land.
Kenya ,?, is that be fouty foez birth countrie!?
Why does this sound like a CIA psyops cult?
How is a Kenyan in a starvation cult any different than your average Kenyan? :-P
To bad the woke idiots and the black racists who hate America and white people would adopt this plan
Ok...you took fasting way too far!
Culling the herd of low-I.Q. people. Can we hope for similar here in the US?
The Halle Bopp comet people didn’t have low iqs. Far from it. It is about emotional issues.
“The Halle Bopp comet people didn’t have low iqs. Far from it. It is about emotional issues.”
OK, then. Cull THEM from the herd, too. We don’t need them in the gene pool.
The Hale Bopp Comet event was the last time I allowed myself to get swept up in UFO fascination and expectation. Since then, I will wait until there is actual, proved and deliberate communication between those “Martians” and we Earth-walkers. They know where to find us. Just make an appointment for the News Conference and be done playing Peek A Boo.
Jim Jones, paging mister Jim Jones.
Do a little slight of Hand and they'll believe it.

Voo-doo practices are common...
There’s a reason Africa is called “The Dark Continent”- it’s not about skin color.
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