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Matakwei’s widow: I have been to hell and back

Salome Matakwei during interview with Std at Kiptii village in Mt. Elgonon March 11, 2016. Former wife of SLDF leader Wycliffe Matakwei shes currently a peace ambassador. BY BENJAMIN SAKWA

When Matakwei died in 2008, life took a different turn for me.

Not only was I left to figure out how I was going to raise our five children on my own, I was also abandoned by my community.

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