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Ex-follower of Kenya cult leader digs for victims' bodies

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Ex-follower of Kenya cult leader digs for victims' bodies

Ex-follower of Kenya cult leader digs for victims' bodies

Titus Katana has been digging for days to find the remains of victims of a Kenyan starvation cult that once counted him as a follower.

β€œI am here in solidarity to try and get justice for the victims,” he says.

Katana says he knew Nthenge well but left due to differences over new restrictions pushed by the former taxi driver-turned-pastor.

β€œThe laws became stiffer and got to a level of killing people,” he says.

The discovery of mass graves in Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi last week shocked Kenyans, with the government warning that the death toll -- currently at 109 -- could rise even


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