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The curse: One week, three killings as kin fight over land

Risper Makokha, a resident of Emachingwi village, Mumias West, who was stabbed to death by her stepson as she intervened in a father-son fight over land last Friday. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]

At least three people have been killed in separate land-related disputes within one week in Kakamega County.

All the cases involved relatives who could not agree on how to share family inheritance. 

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