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Dickson Lekakisio a farmer at Murda irrigation scheme in Marigat, Baringo County inspecting his farm almost covered by Prosopis juliflora (Mathenge Tree) on June 29,2018.[Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
Martha Kibilion, 63, stares at her swollen sweaty foot that is slowly rotting because of a wound she developed on her sole more than 20 years ago.
She sustained the injury after she was pricked by mathenge, a noxious woody weed.
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