Scores of families have been left homeless in Elgeyo Marakwet county after a mob burnt down their houses accusing the members of engaging in witchcraft. Houses torched in Elgeyo Marakwet after witchcraft accusationsAccording to interviewed villagers, trouble started when one of the pupils ripped an exercise book off another student in a local primary school an act that snowballed into a conflict. It is then that more than 30 villagers armed with machetes and crude weapons attacked the family members at night setting ablaze 14 homesteads. Photo credit: Gabriel Kudaka | Nation Media Group“We were shocked when the family members linked the tearing of the exercise book to witchcraft. The arsonists torched houses belonging to extended family members of Johana Chemitei and his brother William Chemitei.

Source: Daily Nation November 02, 2023 17:33 UTC