- The curse of petrol siphoning has hit the country again, claiming at least four lives along the Kisumu-Busia highway on Tuesday night. Some 45 others are hospitalised at the Busia District Hospital and Alupe hospital with serious burns. Worried relatives who had not traced their loved ones expressed fears that the figures could be higher, as others could have dived into the nearby river Suo in a bid to cool off the burns. The incident occurred barely 10 days after over 100 people lost their lives in a fire fuelled by petrol siphoning in Nairobi’s Sinai slums. (READ: 100 killed in Nairobi fuel fire) The Kisumu-Busia highway is notorious for the vice, which time and again h…