Luanda Market sits along the Kisumu - Busia high way and is a fast growing centre and the business here is quickly taking shape and promises to be an economic hub in the region but it has yet another 'praise'. One of being a home of a high number of people with mental illness.
If you happen to visit Luanda on just a normal day, you will be surprised with the number of mad men you will see in the streets doing all sorts of weird things.
This fact has made Luanda the home of most mad men than any other.
There are a few facts that have made madness or mental illness something 'normal' to the residents of Luanda.
For instance, just a few months ago, a story run on television about one Mr. Daudi Otieno who can simply be described as a self proclaimed mad man. Mr. Otieno, in the story revealed to acting mad only during market days, on Tuesdays and Saturdays that is, to solicit for food and money for his family back home.
As tough that was not enough, a few weeks ago, a woman caused a scene when she camped outside Equity bank branch in Luanda and demanded that everybody who came out of the bank drop her some money and not coins. Notes only. People tried to eject her including the police officers who man the back but were pout off by her noisy wails. She however, left when her cup filled.
The locals are now pointing such incidences and many other to use of drugs bhang being the most abused.
To prove this fact, suppose you take a stroll in Luanda, you will find groups of people in their Rastafarian attires and colors smoking weed without any fear.
It is only last year when the Luanda police station launched an operation dabbed Oparesheni Wazimu Rudi Nyumbani. To residents, this operation bore fruits to some extent because it helped reduce the number of mad men in Luanda Market.
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