Pastor Mackenzie's son: Why my father bought Shakahola land

Dan, however, said he never went to his father's Shakahola land.

In Summary
  • More than 15 mass graves were identified in the Shakahola forest, Kilifi.
  • On May 4, government pathologist Johansen Oduor announced they had completed postmortem for 100 bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest. 
Dan Mackenzie, son of controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie
Dan Mackenzie, son of controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie
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Dan Mackenzie, son of embattled pastor Paul Mackenzie has spoken over the Shakahola mass graves land in Kilifi.

During an interview with Citizen TV, Dan said his father had presented the farming idea to him and bought the Shakahola land for farming. 

"My father told me he was going to buy land near Shakahola for farming, and left him at their townhome with his grandmother and mother," he said. 

Dan, 21, said his father moved to the bought land in 2019, instructed him to look after his properties, and would come to visit once in a while. 

"We would regularly get farm produces from my father, they came from his Shakahola farm," he said.

The son, however, said he never went to his father's Shakahola land. 

"I never visited the farm but whenever my father would pay me a visit, he would bring tomatoes, and other vegetables," he said. 

More than 15 mass graves were identified in the Shakahola forest, Kilifi.

On May 4, government pathologist Johansen Oduor announced they had completed postmortem for 100 bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest. 

Oduor said they are left with 11 bodies including one of Mackenzie's followers who died in hospital after being rescued.

"Out of the 11, eight were being preserved in the Kilifi Subcounty Hospital Mortuary and had been brought for postmortem," Oduor said. 

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