Lena Mwikali Mwanzia, mother of four from Ngungi village in Mwingi Mwingi, Kitui explains how she was bitten by a snake while she was asleep at night. [David Njaaga, Standard]
The Mui River Basin in Mwingi Sub County, Kitui County is better known for its unexploited coal deposits. But this fertile basin, like most of the rain-starved Lower Eastern region, abounds in snakes.