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The structure of a house belonging to a family of three that was burnt beyond recognition after a suspected arson attack at their home in Kaptepengwo village, Sotik sub-county in Bomet County on the night of November 7, 2022. [File, Standard]
It is an incident that has left Upanda village in Sigomere sub-county stunned and in utter shock. A multiple murder incident that has taken away nine innocent lives, leaving behind broken relatives and distraught neighbors.
When they retired to bed on Tuesday evening in their two-roomed house, Ouma Opondo, his wife and their seven children did not anticipate that it was the last day they would be spending the night together as a family alive.