Stephen Nzioka

Mwalili’s daughter, Mwikali Mwalili, holding her late father's potrait. [Stephen Nzioka-The standard] Two fresh graves. Two distraught families. Alleged poisonous cheap liquor. One local den and slow police investigations. This is the situation which villagers in Kathonzweni, Makueni county continue to live in following sudden deaths of two friends after consuming alcohol in the township. At the shores of Matinga dam, Kathonzweni is the home of Mwongeli Kitenye, mother to the late Josephat Kyalo, 30.

The Akamba community from Kitui and Machakos counties has sued the UK government, demanding repatriation of Akamba artefacts, land restoration, restitution and a formal apology for colonial injustices. The case, which is spearheaded by Dr Augustus Kyalo Muli, the National Patron of the Anzauni Clan and Leader of the National Liberal Party, details a systematic campaign of dispossession by the British, who colonised Kenya between 1895 and 1963.

An aerial view of Emali Township in Makueni County. For more than five decades, families from Kinyoo, Emali township, Makueni, say a land that once sustained them through farming has been turned into a contested battleground. They claim they have watched from the sidelines as powerful individuals allegedly carved up their ancestral land, leaving a trail of poverty and displacement in their wake.