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Family want veteran chief who hated unmarried youth honoured

Famous former chief James Onunga. He ruled in Kisumu in early 1990s. [File, Standard]

A family in Kisumu wants their patriarch who whipped deviants, banished unmarried youths and chased away idlers, honoured by the county government.

The name ‘Onunga wuon boka rawo’ (Onunga the whip owner) rings a bell among Central Nyanza residents.

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