Verdict due for Kenya pastor accused in mass child starvation deaths

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie, who styles himself a pastor, is awaiting judgment in a case carrying 191 murder counts — nearly every alleged victim a child. Prosecutors say he told parents to deny their children food until they died. The case has shocked Kenya and drawn international attention to the deadly toll of the alleged cult. Source: BBC World.

V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness by DWIGHT GARNER


By DWIGHT GARNER

Naipaul, who died at 85 on Saturday, was a self-styled heir to Joseph Conrad, and a legitimate one.

Published: August 11, 2018 at 05:00PM

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