Tucked within Busia town’s informal settlements, Burumba Estate has long operated as an open secret: a hub where illicit brews flow from dawn to dusk, drawing jobless youth, petty traders and hardened drinkers alike. Here, residents say, alcohol, desperation and distorted relationships collided on the night of January 10, 2026, leaving several youths injured and one dead. What began as casual drinking escalated into violence, exposing a deeper crisis quietly consuming Busia’s urban estates: older women sustaining and controlling young men with food, alcohol and shelter, using them as lovers, protectors — and increasingly — fighters. On a humid afternoon,…