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We live in fear: ‘Haunted village’ near State lodge

George Wagura herds his cows at Tagwa along the Chaka-State Lodge Road in Nyeri. Area residents live in fear due to insecurity. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Growing up in a village neighbouring Tagwa forest in Kieni, Nyeri County, was no easy task for most locals.

Other than attacks from wild animals like elephants that regularly broke out from Mt Kenya Forest, residents have had to bear with hyenas, which mockingly giggle at night, as well as the numerous bodies dumped in the forest or even by the roadside.

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