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Banga Beach: Former slave route turned investors’ paradise

Banga beach in Central Sakwa location, Siaya County was a former slave route from Winam Gulf to Uganda [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

The mere mention of Banga beach to any elder in Central Sakwa, Siaya County often evokes memories of the hundreds of slaves who died due to hunger, illness and exhaustion.

The little known-beach was once regarded as one of the East African slave routes, with sources narrating how slaves died before they reached places where they were to be sold.

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