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Citizens demonstrate along the streets of Nairobi's CBD to reject the Finance Bill, June 20, 2024. [File, Standard]

In Busilwa village, Ikolomani Sub- County, Kakamega County, life has settled into quietness that feels heavier than noise.

Outside a small mud-walled house, Alice Nekesa sits in near silence, her eyes follow her husband, Morris Shiramba, as he bends over a grave a few meters away, pulling out weeds that have begun to reclaim the earth.

The grave belongs to their daughter, Caroline Shiramba.