The prosecution team in Paul Mackenzie's case, on Friday, May 5, expressed fears over a plan by the pastor, his wife and followers to start a church in detention.
Speaking in court, the lead prosecutor Jami Yamina intimated that the suspects had requested to be held at one police station.
It was revealed that Mackenzie and his wife, Rhoda Maweu, alongside 16 other suspects, requested to be detained together at the Malindi Police Station.
The request prompted the Shanzu Principal Magistrate Yusuf Shikanda to raise concerns.
Yamina also added that holding the suspected in one cell exposed others to the danger of being radicalised by the group.
"What is the danger of giving them a list of where each particular respondent will be detained?" the magistrate posed.
"Although they want Malindi Police Station all of them at once, I am apprehensive that we do not want them to open a church in a station.
"We must ensure that we distribute them appropriately," the prosecutor responded.
Consequently, the magistrate ruled that the suspects be held in three different police stations for five more days before a ruling on their further detention is made on May 10.
Malindi, Marerreni and Mbwatamu Police Stations were selected as the preferred jails for the suspects.
Police seek to detain the 18 suspects for 90 days to complete investigations into the alleged cult run by the controversial pastor at Shakahola Forest.
DNA tests and other body identification techniques will be applied, with hundreds of Kenyans flocking to the Coast in search of their lost kin.
The prosecution added that it was unsafe for the suspects to be released as the police could not guarantee their protection. They were also accused of being able to tamper with witnesses and evidence.
As of May 5, the police had recovered over 100 bodies from the 800-acre forest.
