Mombasa: Paul Mackenzie, the cult leader accused by authorities of ordering followers to starve their children and themselves to death, had his detention extended by a Kenyan court on Wednesday by 30 days.

133 people have now died, and hundreds more are still listed as missing. In shallow graves scattered throughout a forest where Mackenzie's followers lived, authorities are still looking for human remains.

After turning himself in to police last month, Mackenzie, the leader of the Good News International Church, has not yet been required to enter a plea. According to George Kariuki, a lawyer for Mackenzie, the self-styled pastor is working with the authorities.

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At a hearing in the port city of Mombasa, Magistrate Yusuf Shikanda declared that Mackenzie and the other 17 people detained in connection with the mass deaths would not be granted bail due to worries that their release would compromise investigations.

Shikanda stated that there is a "reasonable suspicion" that the respondents may have committed the crimes under investigation. This is despite the respondents' right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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The decision would be appealed, according to Wycliffe Makasembo, a lawyer for Mackenzie and his wife, who is also being held.

The decision did not comply with the law. Our clients' constitutional rights are being violated, Makasembo said.

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Mackenzie was detained earlier this year on suspicion of starving and suffocating two children to death before being released on bail.
After being released, according to family members of his followers, he went back to Shakahola forest and changed his previously predicted end-of-the-world date, which had fallen in August, to April 15.

On April 14, Mackenzie turned herself in to police after officers conducted a raid on the forest where the Good News International Church was located and rescued 15 people who were starving to death