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"Bitten, but not covered": Man loses Sh2M in snakebite court battle

Poi Dispensary in Baringo County, pictured on March 12, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

You can be bitten. You can be hospitalized. But if it's a snake that got you, don't expect compensation.

That’s the painful lesson Abdikadir Kheir Subdow learned this week after the Garissa High Court overturned a Sh2 million compensation award previously granted to him.

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