2 die, 19 hospitalised after eating contaminated meat

By Carolyn Necheza.

Two people from Shimanyiro Village in Ikolomani Constituency, Kakamega County died on Thursday, and 19 others hospitalised after eating contaminated beef.

The affected consumed meat of a sick cow that died last Monday. It is suspected the cow had anthrax.

The deceased are a girl aged 14 years and a 31-year-old man.

The survivors were admitted at the Kakamega County Referral Hospital with severe stomach pains.

It is reported a middle-aged woman, who was the owner of the cow, invited her neighbours to slaughter the animal and take its meat.

The cow’s owner also fed on the contaminated beef – and is among those hospitalised.

Area elder, Eliakim Makani, urged Shimanyiro villagers to resist the temptation of feasting on contaminated meat, especially that of a sick livestock.