Grief, pain as 15-member gang raids Kakamega village, kills one

A 72-year-old man was hacked to death and a teenage girl gang-raped after criminals raided Shibuli village in Kakamega on Monday night.

The 13-year-old’s mother had her arm slashed after the 15-member gang struck, seriously injuring over 10 people.

The criminals are said to have raided the first home at about 9pm and demanded for money from her and her husband.

A scuffle then ensued, prompting the mother to raise the alarm. The robbers slashed her arm and then raped her daughter, a Class Seven pupil at Shisiru Primary School.

“We had just finished dinner and were readying ourselves to go to bed when a gang stormed our house and shoved my mother aside as they made their way into the house.”

“They later tied all of us together and demanded money from my father. They then took my kid sister whom they repeatedly raped before stealing household items and Sh50,000,” a family member told The Standard.

The two, mother and daughter, are currently admitted to Kakamega County General Hospital.

The gang proceeded to the home of a local businessman few kilometres away, making away with property of unknown value.

They then headed to the home of a resident identified only as Rosemary and broke into her son’s house where they stole household goods.

They ordered him to convince his mother to open her door claiming he had been arrested by police.

But Rosemary called a village elder, Dismas Munanga, who responded by blowing a whistle to alert neighbours of intruders.

Unfortunately, Munanga met the criminals as they continued with their mission and was hacked to death, his wife Regina said.

The raiders moved to another homestead where they stole an unknown amount of money from an animal trader.