Kenya: Authorities should have prevented cult deaths – President
KENYAN government agencies should have been able to prevent the deaths by starvation of more than 200 members of a cult in the country's coastal region, said President William Ruto, adding he took responsibility for the disaster. Authorities accuse Paul Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so they could go to heaven before the end of the world. The death toll so far stands at 201, making it one of the worst cult-related disasters in recent history. Of the 201, eight people died from emaciation after…
