JABAR EKSPRES – Kenya’s Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki announced on Wednesday that the Shakahola forest, where a mass grave linked to a hunger cult was found, will be turned into a national memorial.
The decision comes as nine more bodies were found during ongoing excavations, bringing the death toll to 251.
“The government will turn the forest into a national memorial, a place of remembrance so that Kenyans and the world will not forget what happened here,” Kindiki said, emphasizing the importance of remembering the horrific events that took place in the forest.
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As the investigation into the sect continues, he provided an update on the progress in holding the sect leader and his accomplices accountable.
“Our team of investigators assures us that we have an irrefutable case against (Pastor Paul) Mackenzie and the accomplices who are in custody, we have sufficient evidence to prove the charges of genocide and crimes against humanity,” Kindiki said.
Hundreds of bodies have been found in the Shakahola forest in Kilifi State since mid-April during an investigation into the sect led by Mackenzie, a pastor who heads the Good News International Church in Kenya.
He is accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death so they could enter heaven before the apocalypse.
Investigations found that the organs of some of the victims were missing, pointing to allegations of human organ trafficking.
