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Granny killed over witchcraft allegation in Kisii

A 68-year-old woman from Bokoma village in Boncharia was burnt to death for allegedly using sorcery to kill her 11-year-old grandson.

The boy and his younger brother are said to have stolen some avocados that had fallen from a tree planted within their grandmother's compound two weeks ago.

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