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Body-builder develops swollen, heavy muscles in suspected Synthol injection

Former body-builder Ronny Rono at their Kericho home. He is appealing for well-wishers to help him undergo surgery to correct his body. [Nikko Tanui, Standard]

A former body-building enthusiast requires life-saving surgery after developing strange swelling in his arms and torso in what is suspected to be Synthol injection.

It is working hours but 30-years-old Ronny Rono, lies almost motionless in his bed at his aunt's house located on the outskirts of Kericho town.

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