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Untold story of 100 years of agony of the Wakasigau tribe in Taita

At the foot of the magnificent Kasigau Hill where the marginalized Kasigau community in Voi Sub County, Taiuta-Taveta County [Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard ]

The 105-year-old torturous and bloody struggle of a small tribe in Taita Taveta for equal rights can aptly be described by the ancient epic Greek poem, Odyssey.

Wakasigau tribe’s story is of world wars, a 478-kilometre trek from Taita Taveta to Malindi through Mombasa and back, poisoned waters and diseases that killed hundreds. 

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