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Deaths and maiming are the norm as snakes ravage kitui and Lower Eastern

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.

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