Agony as thieves targeting cows’ reproductive organs invade Bomet village

A village at the edge of Mau Forest in Bomet County has been left sleepless by a marauding gang targeting reproductive organs of their cows.

Residents of Ndaraweta have been forced to stay awake all night to guard their cows from the killers seeking to take away parts of both male and females cows.

Locals are yet to come to terms with the incidents with neighboring villages being warned to be on the lookout before the crimes spreads.

The location has seen more than 20 cows die in the recent past after the gang invaded three homesteads and made away with the reproductive parts of their animals.

Elders have been left scratching their heads in a bid to find a solution to the runaway crime that is threatening to wipe out entire stock at the village.

“We are stuck between a rock and a hard place over the incidents and what we can do is to keep watch of our animals at night because sleeping even for a minute away from your animals will mean the only cow a whole family depends on will die,” said Jackson Langat a resident.

He added: “Our village has been forced to literally stay awake as we fear that the life line of the locals is at stake.” The latest incident at Ngainet village within the location saw a family lose their only cow to the criminals who are yet to be known.

The family found the lifeless body of their only cow and on close scrutiny they found that the cow was missing its reproductive organs.

The gang is suspected to be looking for the body parts for witchcraft purposes and now locals fear that the same may be used against them.

Cursing thieves

“We fear that the same people coming for the body parts of our animals may be used against us at the end,” said another villager.

The situation has forced local elders to declare a death punishment for any suspect that will be found removing body parts.

“We have agreed and even elders are with us on this. Any suspect should be lynch to pay for the sleep we are being denied,” said another villager.

Word doing round the village the gang whose number is yet to be known may be trafficking the cow body parts to a neighboring country.

Elders at the locals were recently forced to conduct a ceremony to curse the gang and force them to stop their deeds.

The men-only ceremony inside the forest is yet to yield fruits despite locals sacrificing a bull to help in cursing the gang