Lwakhakha: Mt Elgon’s ‘river of death’

From left: 50-year-old Philis Namachaya, Everlyne Nanjala, Irene Ekesa and 52-year-old Everlyne Nanjala from Chepshenya village at the scene along Lwakhakha River where they claim their husbands might have drowned while drunk on their way home from Uganda in 2005. (PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/ STANDARD)

Crossing River Lwakhakha is not for the faint-hearted.

The river, which serves as the boundary between Kenya and Uganda, is a death-trap for residents of Chepkube village in Mt Elgon.