Four children die after eating poisonous cassava in Siaya

RUCCI · 2016-09-18T14:36:27+00:00

Watoto wanne leo wamepoteza maisha baada kula mihogo huko katika kaunti Siaya. Inasemekana walikula mihogo yenye sumu. Mtoto mwingine mmoja amelazwa katika hospitali ya Siaya akipatiwa matibabu. ==================== Four children have Sunday morning died after eating cassava in Uhuru Village, Siaya County. It is suspected the cassava was poisonous. A fifth child was taken to the Siaya County Referral Hospital where she is undergoing treatment. The four who died were Vivian Otieno, 17, Stephen Otieno, 12, Christine Otieno, 11, and Calvins Otieno, 8. They were the children of Sylvanus Otieno, a teacher at Ojola Primary School in Gem Sub-County. According to the family, the four started having breathing difficulties and begun vomiting on Saturday night. They ate the cassava for lunch. “It’s painful to have lost my four children. It is very unfortunate but I would want an inquest [into] their deaths,” said Penninah Akoth Ouma, their mother. Source: Daily Nation

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Start date Sep 18, 2016

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