Two kids in western Kenya have died of what is thought to be food and water contamination, prompting the closure of their school there for good.
In Kakamega county, Mukumu Girls High School was closed on Monday by public health officials after more than 100 pupils were admitted to hospitals last week with gastrointestinal pain and diarrhea.
Initial findings indicated the learners may have suffered food or water poisoning. Samples were collected and sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) for analysis, local media reported.
Parents flocked to the school to collect their children after learning of the death of the two students.