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Woman’s ‘wives’ fight over right to own 12-acre land

Local residents block police officers deployed to Gesabakwa village in Kisii County to implement a court order seeking to evict a "co-wife" from a 12-acre land. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Two women who were married to a fellow woman under the Abagusii culture are embroiled in a fight over land ownership.

On Tuesday, residents of Gesabakwa village in Kisii blocked auctioneers and police officers from evicting an elderly woman from her home following a court order granted to her “co-wife”.

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