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Four villagers, among them a father and his son, have been handed a total of 135 years in jail after they were found guilty of murdering four elderly women within the Marani area of Kisii County.
Amos Nyakundi Ondieki, alias Sonko, Evans Ogeto Okari, and Hesborn Ong’ondi Gichana will now serve 40 years in prison each, while Chrispine Makworo- Ondieki’s son, will be imprisoned for 15 years.
The four men were found guilty of murdering the grannies on claims that they practised witchcraft.
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/kisii/kisii-quartet-jailed-for-135…
Abagusii elders, activists react after Kisii quartet jailed 135 years for killing four grannies
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