Pastor Mackenzie’s Church is an Organized Prison Group – CS Kindiki Declares

Inside Cupboard Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Good Information Worldwide Ministries an organized legal group.

Vide a Gazette discover launched by the Inside Ministry on Wednesday, the CS based mostly his powers on the Prevention of Organised Crimes Act of 2010. 

“In train of the powers conferred by part 22 (1) of the Prevention of Organized Crimes Act, the Cupboard Secretary for Inside and Nationwide Administration declares Good Information Worldwide Ministries to be an organized legal group for the needs of the Act,” the Gazette said.

The declaration, in keeping with Kindiki, takes impact from the date of order, January 31, 2024. 

In keeping with the Act, an individual who engages in any organised legal exercise is liable to a effective not exceeding Ksh5 million or imprisonment of as much as 15 years upon conviction. 

“If on account of the Act referred to within the part particular person dies, the member of the organized legal group shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for all times,” the Act reads. 

The Act additionally notes {that a} group termed as organized is allowed to enchantment to the Excessive Courtroom for an modification of the choice inside 21 days after the declaration is made. 

“An individual who makes an attempt, aids, abets, counsels, procures, or conspires with one other to commit an offence underneath this Act commits an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a effective not exceeding a million shillings or to imprisonment for a time period not exceeding fourteen years, or each,” the Act provides. 

Paul Mackenzie and 95 others, have been on January 16, 2024, charged for crimes associated to homicide, manslaughter, radicalisation, cruelty, and little one torture.

“The DPP is totally glad that there’s sufficient proof to prosecute the 95 suspects with prices of manslaughter, assault and inflicting grievous bodily hurt underneath the penal code,” the DPP assertion learn. 

Earlier than the fees, the Excessive Courtroom gave stakeholders concerned within the investigations an ultimatum to both convict the accused or launch them. 

Mackenzie had been accused of ravenous tons of of Kenyans to demise in a cultic church motion, after promising them they’d meet God after dying.