Overview
- A court charge sheet adds counts of murder, participation in organized criminal activity, radicalization, and facilitating terrorist acts tied to the Kwa Binzaro burials.
- Mackenzie and seven co-defendants entered not guilty pleas during a joint appearance before a Mombasa magistrate, with the next hearing set for March 4.
- Prosecutors allege he masterminded the Kwa Binzaro offences and continued to direct them after his 2023 detention through radical teachings.
- Kenya’s prosecutions office says investigators recovered handwritten notes from Mackenzie’s prison cell allegedly detailing financial transactions via mobile phones.
- The new case extends a broader probe that earlier exhumed more than 400 bodies at Shakahola, where autopsies found most victims died of hunger and some showed signs of violence, prompting calls for tighter oversight of fringe denominations.