Around 174 students from Amabuko Secondary School have been admitted to various hospitals in Kisii county over an unknown illness which is suspected to be food poisoning.
The first case was reported in the wee hours of this, raising alarm over the quality of food served at the institutions.
The students have been admitted to the Keroka Sub-County Hospital, Ichuni Mission Hospital and Gucha Hospital after reporting severe abdominal pains and diarrhea.
In a statement, the Rigoma Ward MCA Nyambega Gisesa noted that the response was swift, even as the case comes just weeks after a similar one in Vihiga.
This is as sanitation in schools has become a major concern to health experts after St. Theresa’s Eregi Girls High School sent its students home after an outbreak of an unknown disease broke out at the institution.
Blood samples from the 95 affected students were sent to KEMRI in Nairobi and Kisumu counties for analysis after students started experiencing difficulty in walking.
Earlier in the year, Mukumu Girls was shut down after a severe case of diarrhea broke out at the institution and claimed four lives of three students and a teacher.
124 students were admitted at Kakamega Referral Hospital while the school was temporarily shut down.