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Mourners decapitate head of hen that caused death of infant in Malava

Parents of six-month-old infant baby Toboko Bushuru at Shikokho village in Malava on December 27, 2019. [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]

A mother hen’s jealous guard over her brood caused the death of an infant in Shikokhwe village in Malava, Kakamega County on Christmas Day, leaving a distraught mother in tears.

Six-month-old Haggai Bushuru was buried yesterday as irate villagers decapitated the hen which is said to have turned its fury on the baby after his mother attempted to chase it away.

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