Efforts by police to cut down the dangling body of a 30-year-old man who committed suicide nearly failed after an angry mob stopped them first until after the dead man was caned for killing himself.
Elders from Kaptieni village of Shamakhokho Location in Vihiga, insisted that a ritual must be performed before the body of David Butiti is brought down.
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