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Five hospitalised after machete-wielding gang attacks three villages in Kakamega

Rogers Ashikhobe is attended to by a nurse at Kakamega County Hospital after he was attacked by a machete-wielding gang at his Mukangu home in Kakamega County. [CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD]

Kakamega, Kenya: Five people are fighting for their lives at Kakamega County Hospital after a gang struck Emukangu, Stend Mwogo and Maondo villages in Kakamega County Wednesday night.

The over 20 machete wielding gang attacked the villages three days after another village was attacked. The victims were hacked inside their homesteads and household goods stolen.

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