73 Church Members starve to death While Starving To Me Jesus
Report from Police in Kenya says no fewer than 73 members of a Church, called Good News International Church, have so far died following an order by the founder of the church, Paul Nthenge, to them to starve in order to meet Jesus.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in Kenya, Japhet Koome, earlier reported that 58 persons had died due to the Starvation, but the figure later rose to 73.
According to the report, one pastor Paul Nthenge, founder of the Good News International Church, instructed his congregation to starve themselves to “meet Jesus”.
Followers of the church were reported to be living in several secluded settlements in an 800-acre area within the Shakahola forest.
In a statement on Monday, the Inspector General of Police, Koome said the bodies were exhumed from shallow graves in the disturbing scene, adding that 29 people had been rescued.
He said the investigation had so far indicated that Nthenge’s victims were subjected to extreme religious beliefs, characterized by fasting and starvation to death, as their unorthodox means to meet their maker.
Koome assured that “all those culpable shall face the law” and added that rescue missions were ongoing.
According to the report, Kamau said three more persons had been arrested.
President William Ruto described Nthenge, the cult leader, as a terrible criminal under the guise of religion.
He said he had instructed relevant agencies to get to the root cause of what had happened and to tackle “people who want to use religion to advance weird, unacceptable ideology in the Republic of Kenya that is causing unnecessary loss of life”.
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