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Women raped, traders robbed as demos turn ugly in Kakamega

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Alice Achieng (not her real name) says she was raped during anti-government protests on Tuesday in Kakamega. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

In the heart of Kakamega Town, under the shroud of darkness, the echoes of chaos and destruction filled the air.

Amid the cacophony of breaking glass and anguished cries, a woman's life at Jua Kali Estate was irreversibly altered.

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