The unhealed wounds of Kikwechi attacks

Winrose Nasimiyu Wangila. She lost her child and a brother-in-law during a raid on Kikwechi village soon after the 2013 polls. The attackers chopped off her right hand. [Duncan Ocholla,Standard]

On April 25, 2013, the country woke up to news of a brutal ordeal meted out on residents of a village in Bumula sub-county.

In the dead of night, a group of armed raiders had descended on Kikwechi village armed with machetes in what survivors said was a politically-instigated attack.