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Two children die after eating poisonous cassava in Mumias

Daniel Kitolo 49 years old with his wife Christine Taka and their children when they were discharged from Mumias St. Mary's hospital after suffering of complications after eating what is suspected to be poisonous cassava at Mwitoti village in Mumias, Kakamega county. BY BENJAMIN SAKWA

Two children have died in Mumias West, Kakamega County, after eating poisonous cassava.

And in Mwitoti village, Mumias East, seven family members were treated and discharged after eating ugali made from cassava flour

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