It is embarrassing that Kenyans continue to die from illnesses and conditions that ordinarily should not form any part of our narrative. How shocking is it that a KCPE candidate in Gatanga sub-county succumbed to rabies shortly after completing her first papers?
The 14-year-old girl was a pupil a Mwiting’iri Primary School in Gatanga sub-county. Away from Murang’a, we have had several recorded deaths in Baringo and Kitui counties from snake bites.