How Mackenzie deliberately changed the names of his followers to make it difficult to trace them
Cult leader Paul Mackenzie deliberately changed the names of his followers making it difficult to be traced
Cult leader Paul Mackenzie deliberately changed the names of his followers making it difficult to be traced.
Rescue efforts at the Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County are ongoing, but confusion abounds at the Kenya Red Cross tracing desk as families struggle to recognize their saved relatives as a result of what officials believe to be a planned cult strategy to change the identities of their followers.
It has since been discovered that most of the individuals who adhered to Paul Mackenzie had changed their names, making it difficult to identify them.
Coast Region Red Cross chief Hassan Musa admitted that identifying and reuniting the victims with their families is difficult and slow considering that most of the victims rescued from the forest have no identity documents.
Authorities suspect that the change of names was a deliberate plan by the cult leaders to make it difficult to trace their followers.
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610 people have been reported missing, and it is thought that many of them belonged to the cult that taught members to starve themselves to death in order to “meet God.”
The number of bodies retrieved from the 800-acre Shakahola Forest as of Saturday, 13, May crossed the 200-mark after 22 more bodies were exhumed.
In addition, as of Saturday, May 13, Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha said 14 victims had been reunited with their families and the number of DNA samples collected from exhumed bodies stood at 93.
Meanwhile, the teams said they will take a two-day break to “reorganize logistical support” but said the search and rescue continues.
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