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Witchcraft paraphernalia discovered in granny’s house after heavy downpour

In his book Witches Still Live, Theda Kenyon says ‘the blackest chapter in the history of Witchcraft lies not in the malevolence of Witches but in the deliberate, gloating cruelty of their prosecutors’. True to his words, an ugly drama unfolded when a witch’s tools of trade were unwillingly exposed thanks to heavy downpour.

Mombasa County was one of the areas hit by the floods following the heavy rains. Kanze (not her real name) an old but feared woman who lives in solitude at an old grass-thatched house was met by an ugly mob after her house was almost swept away by the floods following the heavy rains.

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