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Kenyan cult leader guilty of 191 murders

A Kenyan cult leader is guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. And the world bank says Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is expected to grow by 4.3% this year.

Kenyan high court finds cult leader Paul MacKenzie guilty over the death of 190 children and one adult. Mackenzie ordered members of his cult to starve their children to death so they could "meet Jesus". In 2023, more than four hundred bodies were discovered in mass graves in the forest where his church was located. We hear from one of the first responders onsite in 2023.
Also, the World Bank is reporting that Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy should grow by 4.3% this year, higher than the UN projection for the whole world, which is 2.6%. But young people tell us the figures do not translate to jobs for them.
Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Blessing Aderogba, Ayuba lliya, Keikantse Shumba and Bella Twine
Technical Producer: Herbert Masua
Senior Producer: Daniel Dadzie
Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla

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