JUDGMENT
It baffles the mind and shocks the conscience that in an age where reason and enlightenment are taken for granted, pockets of deep darkness and superstition still exist. Consider this case. On the morning of February 25, 2014, at Getenge sub-location in Sameta District within Kisii County, two ladies Clemencia Bonareri Nyamao (first deceased) and Alice Moraa Mokua (second deceased) suffered gruesome and violent deaths on the suspicion that they were witches. On the material day, villagers were attracted to a commotion at one of the homesteads. It was alleged that Dennis Aswera Bichanga, the 1st appellant, who was found in a stupor, had been bewitched. Once he regained his senses, he claimed that the first and second deceased were the ones that bewitched him. This allegation, angered the villagers who descended upon the two elderly ladies with murderous intent before setting them ablaze. The duo were ultimately burnt to death. The villagers were led by the 1st appellant, Amos B…