DCI says probing how 'radicalised victims' transferred cash to Pastor Ezekiel's accounts

Mackenzie is one of the parties under probe in connection with a starvation cult that has led to at least 109 deaths in Kenya. 

Detectives assert that large sums of money suspected to be the proceeds of illegal cash have been transferred into Pastor Ezekiel's bank accounts from victims who were allegedly radicalised into selling their homes and then giving the proceeds to Pastor Ezekiel. 

They are asking the court to allow them access to several bank accounts at Equity Bank, Co-op Bank ,KCB and HFC Bank. 

Martin Munene, a police officer attached to DCI, claims that they are concerned that the money held in the aforementioned accounts will be transferred if the court does not issue the necessary orders to access the accounts.

"The investigations will enable the applicant to collate confirmatory evidence regarding the financial flow as per the allegations," reads the affidavit by Munene.

They are asking the court to issue orders for a period of 30 days while the investigations are ongoing.