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Governor launches anti-jigger campaign

A kid infested with jiggers in Migori County whimpers in pain as a community health worker washes her fresh wounds with a chemical solution to prevent further infections. More than 200 kids were treated from the blood-sacking insects. Photo: Stanley Ongwae/PHOTO  ;    COURTESY

Migori, Kenya: Governor Okoth Obado was moved to tears as he watched hundreds of children wail in pain as jiggers were removed from their feet at Chunge Primary school in Uriri.

The children, most of who were drawn from the governor's home area of Chunge, wept uncontrollably as community health workers soaked their feet and hands in chemical solutions to cleanse the fresh wounds and prevent further infection.

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