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90 witnesses, both adults and children are lined up to testify against preacher Paul Nthenge Mckenzie and his 94 co-accused, as the manslaughter charge hearing against them begins. The case that took off Monday at the Mombasa Law Courts, is set to be heard for the next 5 days, with Mckenzie and his co-accused intent to demonstrate to the court how the deaths at Shakahola were not as a result of his doctrines, but as a personal choice for his followers. And as Kamau Mwangi reports, the hearing continues Tuesday with 94 accused persons, after one of them died in custody.
Manslaughter trial against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie starts in Mombasa
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