Amos Nyakundi Hesborn Gichana and Okari sentenced to 40 years each while the teenager who was aged 17 during the act was handed a lighter sentence of 15 years.

Kenya: Kisii's Night of Deadly Witch-Hunt. 26 May 2008. ... "As much as we do not support witchcraft, people must also respect human rights," said Kisii Central DC Njoroge Ndirangu.

KISII, Kenya, June 13 (UPI) -- The deaths of 15 people killed in a witch hunt in western Kenya may be the result of personal vendettas and hatred, some villagers say. Fifteen people, the majority ...

'Witch' Burnings Haunt Kenyan Tribe Eleven people suspected of witchcraft were killed in May, ... The belief in witchcraft thrives in the Kisii tribe, and reprisals are becoming increasingly violent.

KISII, Kenya — A fertile oasis nestled in the highlands of western Kenya, ... a phenomenon reminiscent of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts has plunged the close-knit ...

Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district. I can't see clearly what is going ...

Witch hunters and murderers in Kisii sentenced to 40 years. ... Three of the four murder suspects who were accused of killing four elderly women at Kisii on suspicion of being witches.