Nairobi, Feb. 21 -- Nyanturi Mogare*, a 46-year-old living in the Nyagonyi area of Marani, Kisii, found herself entangled in a web of fear and superstition after she was accused of practising witchcraft.

She recounts the chilling events of how she narrowly escaped a plot to kill her. A neighbour, 88-year-old Rael Sigara, had asked Nyanturi to accompany her to visit the son of one of her in-laws. He had been sick for some time.

"Rael could not even board a motorcycle without falling off. Her knees were weak, so I agreed to travel with her," Nyanturi begins, her voice tinged with sorrow.

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