For the past four months, Kenya has been dealing with the fallout of a shocking story. It centres around a televangelist – Paul Mackenzie – who reportedly led hundreds of his followers to their deaths by telling them that the world was coming to an end.
Should the authorities have done more to contain Mackenzie’s doomsday preachings? If so, how would that square with the right – constitutionally protected in Kenya – to freedom of speech and religion? Televangelism is on the rise in Kenya, where 85% of the population is Christian. The Listening Post’s Nic Muirhead reports on the tragedy that’s come to be known as ‘The Shakahola Massacre’.
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