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Who bewitched Kakamega's famous crying stone?

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The once-powerful magnetic pull of the 'Ikhonga Murwi' has been diminished in recent years.

Ikhonga Murwi is a descriptive phrase in the Isukha dialect of the larger Luhya language that refers to the famous Crying Stone of Kakamega County. The Crying Stone is a giant boulder shaped like a human torso, complete with a head, and only the hands are missing.

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