Prosecution Tuesday intensified its case against controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his 35 co-accused persons, who are facing multiple serious charges including cruelty to children, torture, and denial of education, all linked to the Shakahola massacre, Kilifi County.
The matter is being heard before Principal Magistrate Nelly Chepchirchir at the Tononoka Children’s Court, where four more witnesses testified in the ongoing trial.
Led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Jami Yamina, alongside Principal Prosecution Counsel Betty Rubia and Prosecution Counsels Eunice Odongo and Biasha Khalifa, Prosecution sought to lay bare the disturbing conditions and coordinated abuses that took place under Mackenzie’s alleged influence.
One of the witnesses, Maxwell Kisienya, the Director of Bridge International Academy in Lungalunga, testified about a pupil identified as S.B.B., who was last seen at the school in October 2017.
Kisienya explained that the child had been a student for two years but failed to return after being sent home due to unpaid school fees on October 19, 2017.
Since then, the school had not received any formal transfer request, a standard procedure when students join another institution, and no one knew of the child’s whereabouts.
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