Inside Kenya’s doomsday death cult | Stories of Our Times

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Published 2023-06-01
A taxi driver turned evangelist pastor told his followers that the “rapture” was coming.

In the Shakahola forest near the Kenyan coast, a taxi driver turned evangelist pastor told his followers that the “rapture” was coming. Four years and more than 200 deaths later, Kenyan police are investigating what they suspect was a death cult. What could possibly have compelled hundreds of people to abandon their homes and families to join it?

Guest: Matthew Campbell, Foreign Features Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC News, WION, DW News, KTN News, Reuters, Global News, NTV Kenya.

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