THE death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as search teams yesterday unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said.
Police believe most of the bodies found in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi belong to followers of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, a taxi driver-turned-preacher who is accused of inciting them to starve to death “to meet Jesus”.