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Tricked by family members, widows in rural Kenya left landless

Two years ago, Alice Ciamati was living comfortably in a house on a plot of land she had recently inherited from her husband.

Now, she can be found roaming the shopping centre in the small village of Chera in Tharaka Nithi County, central Kenya, hunched over a walking frame and begging for food. At night, she sleeps on the streets.

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