Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates are accused of murdering 191 children whose bodies were found in the forest.
All the defendants denied the charges before a court in the coastal town of Malindi. One suspect was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Prosecutors say Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children so they could go to heaven before the end of the world. In total, more than 400 bodies were exhumed from Shakahola Forest.
Mackenzie was arrested last April, after the bodies began to be discovered. He has already been charged with terrorism-related crimes, manslaughter and torture.
Various charges related to the murders have been filed in different courts.
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