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When a witch doctor’s verdict led to bruising court battle in Kitui

When a witchdoctor arrived on the banks of River Mithini in Kitui County on September 13, 1996, he had a daunting task before him.

Three goats had mysteriously vanished from a grazing field and he had been tasked with the duty to “apprehend” the thief.

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