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Hope for long-suffering victims of lethal snakes

Locals undergo first aid training by the Ministry of Health on how to manage snake bites. (Mercy Kahenda, Standard)

Chebet Lagat lives in fear, and any hissing sound around her startles her.

When this happens, her father Patrick Kigen is quick to act, and swiftly checks on the seven-year-old. His little girl is traumatised, having been bitten by a venomous snake that left her left arm paralysed.

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