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Painful injustice as snakebite victims left behind

Kakamega County General Hospital workers view a Gaboon viper that bit a 13-year-old. [File, Standard]

At only 8.30am, the heat in Tharaka South, Tharaka Nithi County, already feels unforgiving.

Our vehicle jolts over dusty, potholed roads as we travel from Marimanti towards Kararani village.

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