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Five family members die in ‘jiko’ poisoning

Neighbours in shock following the death of five family members on Friday night after reportedly inhaling carbon monoxide from a burning jiko in their Githurai house. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

What a way to start the year! The embers in the jiko (charcoal-burning stove) were slowly dying when police arrived at the scene where five family members were found dead on Friday evening.

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