Over 100 worshippers from the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) in Mukanduini, Kirinyaga, have been hospitalised after consuming contaminated beef.
The churchgoers are said to have eaten the contaminated meal during a church event where a bull had been slaughtered for the Easter Sunday celebrations.
Reportedly, the victims started exhibiting food poisoning symptoms, including diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches and severe joint pain.
The victims are admitted and being treated in different facilities—both public and private— in the Kagio and Kerugoya areas of the county.
"There are some at Kerugoya General Hospital, others at Kwanyaga and others at Kwagaku. The bull was big, but it did not show any symptoms of illness. The doctor checked and no problem was detected," one churchgoer narrated.
"We had the meat on Sunday, but when we went home, we started having stomachaches and diarrhoea. We went to the doctor in Kerugoya, and three of my family members were treated. Even I had experienced the same, but I was treated and I am well now," another added.
This comes just a few months after 73 Kenyans were hospitalised after consuming sour milk, locally known as Mursik, during a graduation ceremony held at a church in Kericho.
The affected were rushed to the Londiani Sub County Hospital when they started showing signs of food poisoning.
Tragically, several of the affected were children, and there was also a good number of old women and men.
''They came with food poisoning, and most of the affected were women. Among them were old men and women and children. This is the second time we are receiving a similar incident,'' a nurse who treated them stated.
A victim of the food poisoning incident backed these claims, saying, ''We have aged people, including the aged and young children who were more affected by the unfortunate incident."
Unfortunately, this is not the first time Kenyans have been caught up in such incidents, with similar occurrences happening in events outside the church as well over the years.
