27 people from Kericho County have been hospitalized.
The incident happened after drinking fermented milk that they suspect may have been contaminated.
Following the incident in Cheborgei, Bureti constituency, the patients are being treated in Litein AIC and Kapkatet Sub County hospitals.
21 individuals were admitted to the facility, according to Dr. Daniel Koech, the hospital’s medical officer in charge at the Kapkatet Sub-County Hospital.
“I want to caution members of the public especially during the festive season to be careful in handling food and observe all public health measures so as to avert recurrent cases of poisoning,” Dr Koech advises.
Public health officials have been dispatched to the scene to determine what had contaminated the milk.
There are currently six additional patients from the same village being treated in Litein AIC hospital.
Patient Ms. Faith Cheptoo claimed that after purchasing milk from a neighboring shop for the family to consume, they all developed stomachaches at night.
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