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Kinsmen face off over land in tsetse fly-infested valley

Henry Bartamba show his injured head at his hospital bed in Iten. [Fred Kibor, Standard]

Over half a century ago, tsetse fly and mosquito infestation forced families to migrate from their ancestral land in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County.

They left huge tracts of land for livestock grazing and built kraals where herdsmen would spend the night.

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