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Kenyan court to rule in Shakahola cult case

Judge Diana Kavedza is due to rule at Mombasa High Court on Monday in the first judgment over the Shakahola deaths, where prosecutors allege starvation was ordered.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Mombasa this morning, a Kenyan judge, Lady Justice Diana Kavedza, is set to deliver the first judgment in the Shakahola cult case, after it was moved from October sixteenth.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorProsecutors say Paul Mackenzie and his church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to reach heaven.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe denies the accusations, and arrived at court in a fortified prison bus.

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