Residents of Kapkong’a in Keiyo
south sub-county, Elgeyo Marakwet county were left in shock after a live snake
was discovered inside a pregnant cow.
In what many are associating with
witchcraft, the snake was found residing in the linings of a fully grown cow
upon skinning it after it died mysteriously. t all started after Kapkwoni
location chief, Jonah Tenai, the owner of the cow in question, noted that his
animal appeared paralysed months into its 'pregnancy'. After consulting a local
veterinary, the diagnosis was that the paralysis was caused by the fact it was
in-calf. The vet officer tried twice to induce labour, to no avail.
The cow eventually appeared to have healed,
only for it to die a few days later. Upon slaughter, a live snake was found in
the cow’s stomach.Or is something that looked like a snake? Well, welcome to
the world of weird things.
A spot check in the area by this
writer, showed that cattle rearing is a rare practice despite the areas
favorable weather conditions which can support dairy farming. Residents
attributed the conditions to witchcraft.
One of the villagers said that its hard to
rare cattle in the region due to witchcraft. That his entire heard of cattle
was once wiped out and since then, he has never been able to rare cattle.
Meanwhile the residents of Kocholwo within the same sub-county recently
threatened to lynch an old man in the area who was alleged to be witch.
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