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A Kenyan court sentenced doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie on November 6, 2026, for the murders of 191 people, BBC World reported. Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus." Deutsche Welle reported a different sentence, saying the court imposed 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and an adult, and that Mackenzie told followers to starve themselves to death as part of his apocalyptic religious cult. The two outlets differ on both the sentence, life imprisonment versus 200 years, and the count and profile of the victims. The reports did not give details of the court's reasoning or the timeline of the killings. The case has been one of the most closely followed criminal prosecutions in Kenya in recent years.