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Kenya ramps up anti-venom production capacity following rise in snakebite victims

Isaac Atenya, 70, vividly remembers the day a snake bit him while grazing cattle along River Mbatsiani Woluyali in Butere sub-county.

Mr Atenya stepped on a black mamba accidentally in the grazing fields. Feeling rattled, the snake struck him on the right leg and disappeared into the bush.

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