Cholera fears as thousands visit 'Jesus rock' in Kisumu

Instant market at the foot of a hilly Jesus stone at Kaila village in Seme, Kisumu county in a picture taken on June 04,2017. Danger is looming in the village as the area has no latrine to serve the huge traffic of people visiting the stone as many resort to use the bushes to releave self. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

A health and environmental catastrophe looms large at a small village in Kisumu where thousands of 'pilgrims' have been flocking to see a rock said to be bearing the images of Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary.

Locals living near the mysterious rock in Seme, in the outskirts of Kisumu town, said hundreds of people visiting the site were relieving themselves in bushes.