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Shock as debt-ridden woman jumps off motorbike into swollen river

Swollen river [Photo: Shutterstock]

A debt-ridden woman jumped off a motorbike and cast herself into river Kuja, fearing that auctioneers would sell her property over an unpaid debt.

The 23-years old from Ongito village in Uriri, Migori County had apparently been threatened by members of a local Sacco to pay up a debt of Sh9,000 or she be auctioned, police say.

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