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Police seek experts' help to figure out killer gas in latrine

Residents from Toniok village in Eldama Ravine at the scene where two people died while sinking a pit latrine on June 16, 2022. [Harun Wathari Standard]

Police have called on the Geology Department in Baringo County to help in an ongoing investigation to establish the type of gas that caused the death of two pit latrine diggers at Toniok village in Koibatek on Thursday.

Area sub-County Police Commander, Joseph Ongaya, said investigations required the help of gas and soil experts.

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