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Kakamega elders: Destruction, revenge killing are a must for peace

Maclaine Naomi ponders her next move at Mutonyi village in Lugari after her house was torched (Benjamin Sakwa/Standard)

In Kakamega, elders maintain no one can stop the cultural practice of doing retaliatory attacks that involve torching the houses of the murder suspects, destroying their belongings including crops and animals, and those belonging to their relatives.

Not even a contingent of police or hired goons can stop the culture.

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