Health ministry officials battle multiple disease outbreaks

Sewage flows through the Nakuru Wakulima Market on March 20, 2018. Poor sanitation is a major cause of cholera. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

The number of people killed by cholera since January almost equals those who succumbed to the disease the whole of last year.

From January 1 to June 11, up to 75 people have died from the disease across 19 counties, according to the Ministry of Health.