Baringo families cry for jab as Hepatitis B claims loved ones

Baringo County’s Samuel Kiptala and his wife display medical records of their sons who died after they were diagnosed with Hepatitis B. [PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH/STANDARD]

BARINGO: It is Sunday afternoon and the residents of Chemintany village in Kinyach Location, Baringo County have gathered under a tamarind tree to avoid the scorching sun.

Seated at the edge of a piece of wood suspended on several rocks, grey-haired Teriki Chebet gazed as a village elder explained a matter all so familiar in his heart.