Controversial cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 other co-accused persons arrived at the Malindi High Court under very tight security on Monday for a verdict on their case.
After 278 days behind bars, the state has finally pressed charges against Mackenzie over the deaths of 429 people whose bodies were exhumed from the expansive Shakahola forests.
The investigations into the killings have taken the state nine months.
On Tuesday, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, said he was satisfied that, upon analysis of the evidence shared by the Director of Criminal Investigation, there was sufficient evidence to prosecute all 95 suspects being held in connection with the Shakahola deaths.
DPP has prescribed 11 charges among the suspects, including murder, manslaughter, assault causing bodily harm, radicalisation, terrorism, child cruelty, and torture.
However, the Star has learned that the suspects will be charged in groups, depending on their level of participation in the killings.
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