The Leader Of The Buai Secretariat His Followers Can Meet God But Die While Being Charged With Mass Murder

The mystical illustration was carried out by members of the sect. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Paul Nthenge Macak, the leader of the sect along with 90 of his followers was tried on charges of mass murder at the Indian Ocean Port Court, Mombasa today.

Macgics are accused of being responsible for the deaths of more than 400 followers in one of Kenya's bad tragedies.

"There has never been such a murder case in Kenya," said prosecutor Alexander Jami Yamina, Monday, August 12, quoted from Arab News.

"This will be a very unique murder case," he continued.

Macgics are thought to have incited their followers to die from hunger in order to "meet God".

He was arrested in April last year after a number of bodies related to the case were first discovered in a remote forest of Shakahola located in the interior of the city of Malindi, the Indian Ocean.

Officials who conducted a search then found about 448 bodies from mass graves after months of searching.

The autopsy results revealed that most of the victims died of hunger. In addition, there were also a number of corpse wounds suspected of having died from being strangled to being beaten, including children.

In the court documents that have been prepared by officers, it is stated that a number of bodies have been taken.

At least 420 witnesses have been prepared by the public prosecutor to face Macgics and their followers. The trial has been scheduled to last for four days until Thursday this week.

"Because of the severity of this case, we have prepared ourselves well," said Yamina.

The suspects, consisting of 55 men and 40 women, were tried last month on terrorism charges over the massacre of Shakahola.

They were also charged with separate articles in the form of child assassination and torture as well as atrocities related to the sect's activities during 2020 to 2023.