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Five die as police clash with residents of Trans Nzoia

Irene Wekesa who was shot by police officers during confrontation between police and residents in Kolongolo area. She is admitted at Mt Elgon hospital in Kitale. [Osinde Obare, Standard]

A domestic squabble between wife and husband on Sunday resulted in the death of five people in the sleepy Kolongolo village of Trans Nzoia.

Six others, including County Speaker Joshua Werunga and two journalists, are nursing injuries sustained in the effects of the quarrel.

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