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Two children die after eating figs, one hospitalised

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Two children from one family have died after eating  fig tree fruits in Wayona village, Nguumo location, Makindu in Makueni County.

Mbithe Mwende, (3), died at dawn and the other Mumbe Nduma, (5), passed on around 7:30am while undergoing treatment at Makindu Hospital today after suffering running stomachs the whole night which was linked to the eating of the poisonous fruits.

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