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Villages mourn as 25 bodies are buried in separate ceremonies

A Catholic priest presides over the burial of three children from one family killed following deadly mudslides in West POkot County. [Irissheel Shanzu/Standard]

Grief engulfed Sondany and Muino locations yesterday as 25 victims of landslides and floods in West Pokot were buried.

Remains of the departed were ferried to the villages on Tuesday evening after an interdenominational requiem Mass held earlier at Makutano Stadium in Kapenguria.

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