A student at Kakamega County’s Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls’ High School died of an illness days after 246 other students were hospitalized with vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness.
Dr. Josphat Kaswira, chairman of the school’s board of management, confirmed the death but did not provide further details, saying the matter was being investigated first.
The number of students admitted with those symptoms was 124 at first, but it has since more than doubled.
Some of the students also complained of fatigue and breathlessness.
