By PETER OCHIENG
Police in Eldoret are looking for a man who allegedly poisoned three pupils with a herb.
The three are now admitted in hospital.
The pupils at Central Primary School in Uasin Gishu County are said to have been playing during break time when the suspect approached them.
The suspect allegedly gave the children a herb popularly known as Mukhombero in Western Kenya believed to trigger sexual desire.
“The pupils said that the suspect convinced them to taste it. But after a few minutes they started vomiting,” said Eldoret West OCPD Erastus Muthamia.
Mr Muthamia said the children raised alarm attracting the attention of other pupils who informed their teachers.
The OCPD said the man immediately sensed danger and fled from the school compound. He said it was during the commotion that teachers saw the stranger fleeing.
“We cannot at this moment establish the motive but we are investigating the matter. These are innocent children who do not know anything to do with herbs,” the OCPD added.
The police accompanied by teachers rushed the children to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital where they were admitted and are undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, a man committed suicide after quarrelling with his wife in Nyandarua.
According to residents of Kieni village, the man took his life after stabbing his wife in an attempt to kill her. The two are said to have been engaged in a quarrel for the better part of yesterday.
Nyandarua OCPD Benjamin Onsongo said the man, stabbed his wife several times and left her for dead.
“He left her in their house bleeding profusely and fled thinking that he had killed her,” he said.
