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Marimanti Level Four Hospital in Tharaka Nithi where one of two children died, and 18 were admitted, after consuming wild honey. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]
Health experts and professional beekeepers have warned against eating wild honey after two children in Tharaka Nithi died Thursday after consuming honey they had harvested from a tree.
According to Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO, Dr Joseph Wahome, wild honey can be contaminated and consuming it is likely to be fatal.
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