The former soldier had been living in exile since 2020, and said in a video posted this month on TikTok that he feared for his life.

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his doomsday followers in a remote forest to fast for salvation. He faced trial after hundreds of bodies were exhumed.

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Seven Ebola infections have now been confirmed in Kenya, which before this month had never recorded cases of the deadly virus.

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