Journalists have been allegedly barred from accessing Paul Mackenzie’s homestead amid the exhumation exercise.
The media has covered the ongoing exercise for about a week, where ninety bodies have been exhumed.
GSU officers have reportedly surrounded the area as they look for other members of the sect who are still fasting.
Ninety bodies have been exhumed, with 212 people still unaccounted for.
This comes a day after Prof. Kithure Kindiki, the Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS), proposed that controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie of the Good News International Church in Malindi be charged with terrorism and genocide for his controversial doctrinal beliefs, which caused his followers to fast to death.
The CS made the remarks while touring Shakahola on Tuesday to assess the situation as the operation to exhume Mackenzie's 'brainwashed' followers entered its fifth day.
Mackenzie's followers are believed to have followed his teachings with the expectation of meeting God.'
Mackenzie's actions, according to Kindiki, amount to genocide, and the priest should be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to answer for his atrocities.
According to the CS, he might face genocide charges at the ICC.
“We are also looking for his known associates,” he added.
Kindiki also advocated for a collaborative approach to preserving the lives of people whom Mackenzie's extremist religious teaching may have impacted.
Further, he stated that as of today, the rescue had been scaled up, and personnel had been increased. All agencies will be involved in a multi-agency search and rescue operation, which will be led by security.
