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It’s a shame for Kenyans to die from basic health issues

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.

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