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Church leaders link Matungu killings to collapse of sugar factory

Police are caring a suspected gang who had been beaten by angry residents at Ejinja in Matungu on 5/5/2019 following the killing of a pregnant woman and her child on Saturday night. [ DUNCAN OCHOLLA]

Church leaders from Mumias have associated current Matungu killings to joblessness created by collapse of the Mumias Sugar Company.

Led by ACK Mumias Diocese Bishop Josephat Wandere, they said the area was experiencing a security lapse due to poverty.

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