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Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years for murder
📍 Kenya, KE·🕐 48m ago·31 outlets
A Kenyan court has sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death on his orders and buried in a forest.
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✓ Verified · 31 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Mackenzie case, with Report 2 covering the earlier conviction and the others covering the sentencing; their details (190 children, one adult, the forest) don't c
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets19
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
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Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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