One person has died while four others have been hospitalised at Matuu Level Four Hospital in Yatta, Machakos County following a cholera outbreak.
Reports indicate that a patient who showed acute symptoms of the disease succumbed while undergoing treatment on Sunday.
Public health officers confirmed that dozens of cholera-related cases were being handled.
Machakos County Director of Public Communications Mutinda Mwanzia said public health officials had been dispatched to affected areas to contain the outbreak.