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Journalists and media activists in Kenya fear a repeat of the harassment they endured during the 2017 general elections as the country goes to the polls on 9 August.
THE STANDARD By
Fred Kibor |
December 25th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
From left, Michele Jepng’etich 3, Collins Kemboi 9, Brian Kemboi at Kapsowar village in Elgeyo Marakwet County after receiving donation from well-wishers on December 2, 2020. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
Brian Kemboi, a Grade Four pupil, has been fending for his siblings and ailing mother after their father walked out.
The family has been living in abject poverty, in a makeshift structure under a tree as their home at Sitat village on the fringes of Embobut forest, Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
They were squatters in the forest before they were flushed out, making them homeless.
Seven years ago, they were rescued by missionaries from Kapsowar Mission Hospital who rented a house for them but when they left the country, they went back to the forest, as squatters.