For the last 11 years, Baya Charo, 75, from Baricho area in Magarini, Kilifi, has never never seen his home. Witchcraft offences are punishable by as long as 10 years in jail. He was visited by Coast-based lawyers who had come to support elderly men and women rescued from extrajudicial killings. Charo is among more than 100 older folks saved from the brutality of family members out to kill them, claiming they are witches who cannot be spared. I went home from my shamba and at night I was woken up by gang members slashing me with pangas," he said.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 10:18 UTC