Nearly two years after the Kakamega Twins saga that got the country’s attention for days, the families of the three girls, Mevis, Melon and Sharon have nothing to smile about, as they struggle to make a living without a constant source of income. The Kakamega twins, Melon Lutenyo (left) and Mevis Imbaya (right) during an interview on Tuesday 16,2021 at their rural home Furfural, Likuyani constituency in Kakamega County. How it begunThe three girls’ grabbed headlines from early April to late June in 2019 following Melon and Sharon’s resemblance that made many conclude they are identical twins. It is after Sharon, who was raised in Nairobi by Angeline Omina, joined Shikoti Girls Secondary school in Kakamega that the journey of the two meeting began. On arrival in Nairobi, Kangemi, the two had an emotional reunion that any long-separated identical twins can have.

Source: Standard Digital February 17, 2021 14:26 UTC