Detectives rescue 8 children fasting at home of Paul Mackenzie’s mother in Malindi
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Eight children have been rescued from the homestead of Anastacia Mumwele, the mother of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie, at Furunzi in Malindi, Kilifi County, where they were feared to be under enforced fasting.
According to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Ms Mumwele allegedly denied the children food and prevented them from attending school while subjecting them to fasting and enforcing some of the teachings associated with Mackenzie’s alleged doomsday beliefs.
Ms Mumwele, who is the children’s grandmother, was arrested by detectives at her Furunzi home together with her grandchildren, aged between six and 14 years, on Wednesday afternoon.