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A street scene with a group of people surrounding a burning motorcycle. Thick smoke rises into the air as onlookers, some carrying bags, watch from nearby. Buildings and shops line the background, suggesting an urban setting.
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Protests disrupt transport and business in Vihiga County

Transport and business activities were brought to a standstill in parts of Vihiga County after protests by boda boda operators...
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Vihiga teen drowns while swimming in River Yala as friends happily film 
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Vihiga teen drowns while swimming in River Yala as friends happily film 

A family in Vihiga County is mourning the death of a teenage boy whose body was retrieved from River Yala...
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A rural roadside scene showing a concrete culvert with water flowing beneath it, surrounded by green vegetation. Several people stand nearby, including individuals on a motorcycle, as they look toward the stream during an ongoing search operation.
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Man arrested for allegedly dumping two-month-old infant in river in Vihiga

Police in Vihiga County have arrested a man accused of dumping his two-month-old baby into River Ehedwe near Mbale in...
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Several forensic officers in protective suits stand near a rural home in Vihiga County during an exhumation operation, with a tented area and police tape marking the scene.
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DCI officers exhume wrongly buried body in Vihiga after mortuary mix-up

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have exhumed the body of a man in Vihiga County following a...
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A rural home. (AI generated image)
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Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband over KSh 30  debt in Vihiga

Police in Vihiga County have arrested a 24-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband following a dispute over KSh...
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Osotsi: Luos are not behind my attack
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Osotsi: Luos are not behind my attack

Vihiga Senator Godfrey Atieno Osotsi has dismissed claims linking members of the Luo community to the recent attack on him...
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Luanda residents block highway to protest Osotsi assault
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Luanda residents block highway to protest Osotsi assault

Transport along the busy Kisumu–Busia highway was disrupted on Thursday morning after protests broke out in Luanda, Vihiga County, following...
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CCTV footage of several men surrounding and confronting a person inside a restaurant at Western Mall in Kisumu, with one individual on the ground during the incident.
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Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi hospitalised after violent attack in Kisumu

Godfrey Osotsi, the Senator for Vihiga County, is recovering after he was attacked by a group of suspected goons in...
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