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Two die, over 200 hospitalised after eating contaminated food in Sotik

Sotik MP Joyce Laboso when she visited the food poisoning victims at Kaplong Mission Hospital. (Photo: Gilbert Kimutai/Standard)

Two children aged 6 and 10 years died early Sunday while receiving treatment at Kaplong Mission Hospital after consuming stale food during pass out of initiates in Sotik, Bomet County.

More than 200 people were taken ill following the incident which has left a whole village deserted as the victims fight for their lives at various health centers in the county.

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