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The President's desert house

Tucked away on the northern side of Lodwar town is an isolated whitewashed house surrounded by a metre-high chainlink fence. This was home to the famous Kapenguria Six, writes Jacquline Kandagor

The chimney peeping out of the rooftop is proof that it was once a residential house. The window mesh, commonly used in the region to protect its occupants against mosquitoes, erases any doubt on this.

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