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Homa Bay gang targets widows, women whose husbands are away

A criminal gang in Homa Bay County has been targeting women and widows Manywanda, Kawaraya and Korwa villages in Rarieda Sub-County.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
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By  George Odiwuor

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Villagers complained that elderly widows and married women whose husbands were away from home were being targeted in the attacks.
  • The gang has been robbing and raping women before fleeing with stolen property, including livestock.

In Kamenya Sub-Location, Homa Bay County, elderly widows and married women whose husbands are away are a disturbed lot.

The source of their worry? A new vicious criminal gang that is prowling villages at night and targeting them for rape and robbery.

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