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Top county official's kidnapped children found hidden in Tanzania

In front from left are Homa Bay OCPD Esau Ochorokodi, the kidnapped children Isaiah Ogwe Junior, Risper Awino and Phoebe Akinyi at Homa Bay Police Station soon after arrival from Tanzania where they were taken after being kidnapped. [PHOTO/JAMES OMORO/STANDARD]

A happy Isaiah Ogwe embraced his three children yesterday who had been kidnapped on Saturday. The children were tracked to Tanzania where they were hidden in the remote village of Panyako, Roria District. Mr Ogwe is the Homa Bay county secretary.

The children Phoebe Akinyi, 10, Isaiah Ogwe Junior, 7, and Risper Awino, 4, were taken from their home in Kogwe village by unknown people.

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