Terror grips village as vigilante gang strikes, killing four people
JACOB OWITI | NATION. Ms Yunoke Kwamboka of Kegogi village mourns her son Pascal Gichana Onyiego, 30, who is among the four people beheaded and their bodies dumped by roadside in Nyamira district on Monday.
What you need to know:
Sungusungu an outlawed outfit
The Sungusungu, the vigilante group said to be behind the killings, is an illegal outfit operating in Kisii.
In 2008, 12 people, including a reverend’s wife, were killed and their bodies burnt on suspicion they were practising witchcraft.
This week, Jeremiah Bogonko became a victim of the group
Residents of a village in Nyamira District are living in fear following the killing of four people by vigilantes.
The killers, numbering about 50 and suspected to be members of the notorious Sungusungu vigilante group, stormed Kegogi village and dragged out people they suspected to be criminals and hacked them to death.
