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Uneasy calm returns to Sondu as unresolved disputes lurking for decades continue

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Kisumu delagation led by Governor Anyang Nyong'o during a press conference on Sondu skirmishes. [Michael Mute, Standard]

An uneasy calm has returned in Sondu town, along the border of Kisumu and Kericho counties after two days of violent clashes that left two dead and scores nursing arrow wounds.

As of yesterday, at least seven people were hospitalized at Nyabondo Mission Hospital in Kisumu and Sigowet Hospital in Kericho. Two others are also undergoing specialized treatment in Kisumu.

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