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No peace even for the dead as contractor destroys graves

A relative of the deceased shows other villagers the visible coffin bearing the body of his kin who was buried six years ago at Got Rateng' village in Kabondo Kasipul on November 12, 2019, after a Chinese company constructing roads interfered with graves at a homestead when harvesting murram. Three graves have been affected. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

A Chinese contractor tarmacking part of the Migori-Kisii-Ahero highway has destroyed four graves in a family's compound, reopening old wounds.

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