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Kenyan doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison after murders of 190 children
📍 Kenya, KE·🕐 47m ago·37 outlets
Pastor Paul Mackenzie was sentenced for the murders of 191 people in total at the High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa
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✓ Verified · 37 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] The outlets differ: Report 2 covers the conviction that preceded the sentencing and Report 4 reports the same 200-year sentence, while Report 3 says life imprisonment, which conflicts with Report 1's 200-year sentence.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets22
Statusverified
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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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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
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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