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Locals risk catching sleeping sickness

Kisumu, Kenya: Residents of Central Sakwa ward are living in fear of contracting trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, following the resurgence of tsetse flies in the region.

Led by Barrack Mito, who comes from Lenya village in Uyawi sub-location, the residents claim the large biting flies have increased along the beaches of Liunda, Uyawi and Wagusu among others.

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