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Here is why you need to more wary of anthrax during this festive season

Diced meat with rosemary herb and garlic (Photo: Courtesy)

The festive season is here with us and it comes with an appetite for nyama choma feasts. During such festive seasons when meat is on demand, illegal home slaughter of animals is common.

Last week in Bomet County a whole village fell ill after consuming poisonous uninspected meat.  A ‘philanthropic’ neighbour slaughtered ‘a dead cow’ and called villagers for a feast.

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