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Kakamega family that lost 6 members to Mackenzie's cult recounts painful ordeal

Kakamega family that lost 6 members to Mackenzie's cult recounts painful ordeal

In an exclusive interview with TUKO.co.ke, Mzee Joshua Okaka Keya said Mackenzie destroyed his family and deserves the harshest punishment on earth.

Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing 191 people through his radical cultic teachings.

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Justice Diana Kavedza condemned Mackenzie and his accomplices for the barbaric acts, describing them as murderers who targeted the most vulnerable and defenceless members of the human race.

Justice Kavedza's sentence was described as the longest fixed-term prison sentence ever delivered in Kenya. However, a family in Kakamega that lost their kin at the hands of Mackenzie wants a higher sentence of 900 years.

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In an exclusive interview with TUKO.co.ke, Mzee Joshua Okaka said Mackenzie destroyed his family and deserves the harshest punishment on earth.

He recalled how his daughter-in-law, Alice Nyongesa Keya, was lured into the cult that brought tragedy, pain and everlasting anguish to the family.

It all started when Mzee Okaka's son, Mr Keya, moved with his family to Nairobi in search of green pastures, but things did not go as planned.

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In brief

Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing 191 people through his radical cultic teachings. However, a family in Kakamega that lost their kin at the hands of Mackenzie wants a higher sentence of 900 years. In an exclusive interview with TUKO.co.ke, Mzee Joshua Okaka said Mackenzie destroyed his family and deserves the harshest punishment on earth.

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