Good News International Ministries
Cult in Malindi
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| July 2025 | Kenyan authorities ordered further exhumations in an area where bodies had previously been discovered, identifying 11 suspects in the ongoing investigation. |
| May 2024 | During a High Court hearing, prosecutors were ordered to reduce charges from 191 to 12 to protect due process. |
| May 10 2024 | Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki refuted claims of organ harvesting from the victims. |
| January 31 2024 | The Kenyan government declared GNIM an 'organized criminal group' under the Prevention of Organized Crimes Act. |
| January 18 2024 | Mackenzie was charged with 191 counts of murder related to the Shakahola forest mass deaths. |
| January 17 2024 | Mackenzie and thirty others were charged with murdering 191 children at the High Court. Mackenzie was found fit for trial and pleaded not guilty. |
| 2023 | Over 103 church followers evacuated from the church premises to provide statements to the police |
| 2023 | Pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested by authorities, with potential criminal charges relating to the deaths of his followers |
| 2023 | Continued deaths reported at Pastor Ezekiel Odero's church, with suspicions of potential mass casualties |
| July 3 2023 | Mackenzie's wife, Rhoda Maweu, was released on a personal bond by the Shanzu Magistrate Court after 62 days in custody. |
| June 26 2023 | Mackenzie is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on charges of incitement to disobedience of the law, possession and distribution of unclassified films, and operating a filming studio without a valid license. |
| June 12 2023 | 65 survivors were arraigned for attempted suicide, a controversial move criticized by human rights activists. |
| May 26 2023 | Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki revealed that Mackenzie hired criminals to kill followers who wanted to leave the group or were taking too long to die. |
| May 25 2023 | Local news outlet K24TV reported that the exact number of people who perished might never be known due to bodies being disposed of in pit latrines. |
| April 2023 | A man contacted police after his wife and daughter disappeared into Mackenzie's remote commune in Kilifi County, leading to the initial investigation of the group. |
| April 2023 | International attention was drawn to GNIM after it was revealed that Mackenzie allegedly instructed members to starve themselves en masse, resulting in over 400 deaths. |
| April 24 2023 | Search teams temporarily halted body recovery efforts due to the Malindi Sub-County Hospital morgue running out of space to store the first 90 bodies found. |
| April 15 2023 | Mackenzie predicted the end of the world on this specific date, as reported by media sources. |
| 2022 | Multiple deaths recorded at New Life Prayer Centre and Church in Mavueni, Kilifi County, led by Pastor Ezekiel Odero |
| October 29 2021 | Mackenzie was acquitted in one of two criminal cases related to previous charges. |
| 2019 | Mackenzie was arrested and subsequently departed Malindi, relocating to the Shakahola forest. |
| 2018 | The Kenya Film Classification Board closed Mackenzie's television station. Community leaders, including Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa, criticized Mackenzie for inciting children to drop out of school without parental consent. |
| 2017 | Mackenzie and his wife faced charges for inciting students to abandon education, denouncing schooling as 'ungodly'. 93 children were rescued by government authorities from the group. |
| 2016 | A church member reportedly sold property on Lamu Island to Mackenzie for 20 million KSh, which he used to purchase properties in Mombasa and Malindi, buy two vehicles, and fund a television station. |
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