Tears and pain as aspirant’s three children, MCA murdered

Kapsoya MCA aspirant James Ratemo and his wife Ebby, in deep grief following the death of their three children who were found murdered in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. (Photo: Peter Ochieng’/Standard)

A cloud hang over election politics Friday after a candidate’s three children were brutally murdered by kidnappers on the day that a Baringo MCA’s body was recovered from a river.

The two incidents sent shock waves through Uasin Gishu and Baringo, two counties kilometres apart but drawn together by grief over mystery killings affecting families active in local General Election campaigns.