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Mameneja watatu wa shamba huko Baringo wafikishwa mahakamani wakikabiliwa na shitaka la kuweka sumu kwenye chakula na kusababisha vifo vya watu wanne na wengine kuathirika.
Watatu hao, ambao ni wasimamizi wa shamba walitambulika kwa majina ya Paul Kinyua na Evans Oyugi, na Nelson Letite walikamatwa mwishoni mwa wiki na walifikishwa mbele ya Hakimu Mkazi Mkazi wa Viennah Omboko Jumatatu.
Aidha, Mwendesha mashtaka aliomba muda zaidi kwa ripoti ya postmortem ili aweze kuandaa mashitaka ambapo Mahakama ilimpa siku 14 na kuamuru watuhumiwa hao wapelekwe Rumande katika Kituo cha Polisi cha Marigat.
Kukamatwa kwa watu hao kunafuatia agizo lililotolewa na Gavana wa Baringo, Bw. Stanley Kiptis aliyehimiza uchunguzi kufanywa haraka baada wagonjwa 10 kulazwa katika hospitali ya Eldoret ambapo wanne kati yao walifariki.
Wakifafanua zaidi kuhusu hali ya waathirika wa sumu hiyo katika hospitali ya kati huko Eldoret, Gavana Kiptis alisema kwamba wagonjwa watano wamehamishwa kutoka Hospitali ya Kabarnet na wawili kati yao bado wapo ICU wakati watatu walikuwa wamehamishiwa Hodini wakiwa wanaendelea na dawa.
Sambamba na hilo, vipimo vya Daktari Bw. Parag Patil, vimeonesha kuwa watu hao watano waliathiriwa na sumu. ambayo ilileta madhara katika mifumo yao ya Neva na Ubongo.
Zaidi ya hayo, taarifa zinaelezwa kuwa Jumla ya watu 17 ambao walikuwa wakifanya kazi katika shamba hilo walikimbizwa hospitalini siku ya Ijumaa ambapo mpaka sasa watu wanne wamethibithibitishwa kufariki.
Picha: Watuhumiwa hapo wakiwa Kizimbani kukabiliana na mashtaka yao
Zaidi Soma:
Three managers of a farm in Baringo where four people died from suspected food poisoning have appeared in court in Kabarnet.
The three, farm supervisors Paul Kinyua and Evans Oyugi, and manager Nelson Letite were arrested over the weekend and appeared before Kabarnet Resident Magistrate Viennah Omboko on Monday.
The prosecution pleaded for more time for a postmortem report and to prepare charges.
The court granted the prosecution 14 days and ordered the suspects be held at Marigat Police Station.
The arrests followed Baringo Governor Stanley Kiptis’s call for authorities to speed up investigations into the deaths following the suspected food poisoning in Elmaine village, Ilchamus Ward in Baringo South which happened last Friday.
CASUALTIES
As of Monday, 10 patients were admitted to Mediheal and Moi Teaching and Referral hospitals in Eldoret where they were transferred after their conditions worsened.
Speaking at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret, Governor Kiptis said that five patients had been transferred from Kabarnet Hospital.
He said that two of them are still in the ICU while three had been transferred to the general wards and are responding well to medication.
“At the moment, the number of those that have succumbed is four up from the initial two, and I am appealing to Baringo residents to remain calm as we try to get to the bottom of this. We have never experienced this massive food poisoning before,” said Mr Kiptis.
Dr Parag Patil, a consultant physician at Mediheal hospital, said that initial tests done on the five patients showed that they were suffering from organic-phosphorous compound poisoning.
“The extent of poisoning on the five we received here is really serious. We are continuing with the antidote treatment at the moment. For the ones in ICU, we will give them two to three days then transfer them to the general ward for reviewing,” said Dr Patil.
DAMAGE
Dr Patil said that the poison had affected the nervous system, brain and the periphery systems of the victims.
“When they were brought in, the five were all drowsy, proof that their brains had been affected by the poison. But with the medication they are now improving,” said Dr Patil.
MTRH Chief executive, Dr Wilson Aruasa, confirmed that they received five of the victims and that they are in a stable condition.
Governor Kiptis called on the department of agriculture to visit all the irrigation schemes in the area and establish the source of the drug that the doctors have confirmed was used in the food poisoning.
According to Musa Kurgat, whose four brothers are hospitalised alongside other victims of the poisoning, the incident happened at a neighbour's onion plantation where they had been hired to dig irrigation trenches.
Mr Kurgat said shortly after they took Githeri for lunch at about 3pm on Friday, the labourers complained of excruciating stomach aches, continuous vomiting and pain in their mouths.
“My brothers had gone out to do some menial jobs in search some pocket money for the Christmas festivities. They are school boys and they also needed money ahead of school reopening in January,” said Mr Kurgat.
A total of 17 people who were working at the farm were rushed to the hospital after the Friday incident.
Four of them have since been confirmed dead.
Source: Daily Nation
Watatu hao, ambao ni wasimamizi wa shamba walitambulika kwa majina ya Paul Kinyua na Evans Oyugi, na Nelson Letite walikamatwa mwishoni mwa wiki na walifikishwa mbele ya Hakimu Mkazi Mkazi wa Viennah Omboko Jumatatu.
Aidha, Mwendesha mashtaka aliomba muda zaidi kwa ripoti ya postmortem ili aweze kuandaa mashitaka ambapo Mahakama ilimpa siku 14 na kuamuru watuhumiwa hao wapelekwe Rumande katika Kituo cha Polisi cha Marigat.
Kukamatwa kwa watu hao kunafuatia agizo lililotolewa na Gavana wa Baringo, Bw. Stanley Kiptis aliyehimiza uchunguzi kufanywa haraka baada wagonjwa 10 kulazwa katika hospitali ya Eldoret ambapo wanne kati yao walifariki.
Wakifafanua zaidi kuhusu hali ya waathirika wa sumu hiyo katika hospitali ya kati huko Eldoret, Gavana Kiptis alisema kwamba wagonjwa watano wamehamishwa kutoka Hospitali ya Kabarnet na wawili kati yao bado wapo ICU wakati watatu walikuwa wamehamishiwa Hodini wakiwa wanaendelea na dawa.
Sambamba na hilo, vipimo vya Daktari Bw. Parag Patil, vimeonesha kuwa watu hao watano waliathiriwa na sumu. ambayo ilileta madhara katika mifumo yao ya Neva na Ubongo.
Zaidi ya hayo, taarifa zinaelezwa kuwa Jumla ya watu 17 ambao walikuwa wakifanya kazi katika shamba hilo walikimbizwa hospitalini siku ya Ijumaa ambapo mpaka sasa watu wanne wamethibithibitishwa kufariki.
Picha: Watuhumiwa hapo wakiwa Kizimbani kukabiliana na mashtaka yao
Zaidi Soma:
Three managers of a farm in Baringo where four people died from suspected food poisoning have appeared in court in Kabarnet.
The three, farm supervisors Paul Kinyua and Evans Oyugi, and manager Nelson Letite were arrested over the weekend and appeared before Kabarnet Resident Magistrate Viennah Omboko on Monday.
The prosecution pleaded for more time for a postmortem report and to prepare charges.
The court granted the prosecution 14 days and ordered the suspects be held at Marigat Police Station.
The arrests followed Baringo Governor Stanley Kiptis’s call for authorities to speed up investigations into the deaths following the suspected food poisoning in Elmaine village, Ilchamus Ward in Baringo South which happened last Friday.
CASUALTIES
As of Monday, 10 patients were admitted to Mediheal and Moi Teaching and Referral hospitals in Eldoret where they were transferred after their conditions worsened.
Speaking at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret, Governor Kiptis said that five patients had been transferred from Kabarnet Hospital.
He said that two of them are still in the ICU while three had been transferred to the general wards and are responding well to medication.
“At the moment, the number of those that have succumbed is four up from the initial two, and I am appealing to Baringo residents to remain calm as we try to get to the bottom of this. We have never experienced this massive food poisoning before,” said Mr Kiptis.
Dr Parag Patil, a consultant physician at Mediheal hospital, said that initial tests done on the five patients showed that they were suffering from organic-phosphorous compound poisoning.
“The extent of poisoning on the five we received here is really serious. We are continuing with the antidote treatment at the moment. For the ones in ICU, we will give them two to three days then transfer them to the general ward for reviewing,” said Dr Patil.
DAMAGE
Dr Patil said that the poison had affected the nervous system, brain and the periphery systems of the victims.
“When they were brought in, the five were all drowsy, proof that their brains had been affected by the poison. But with the medication they are now improving,” said Dr Patil.
MTRH Chief executive, Dr Wilson Aruasa, confirmed that they received five of the victims and that they are in a stable condition.
Governor Kiptis called on the department of agriculture to visit all the irrigation schemes in the area and establish the source of the drug that the doctors have confirmed was used in the food poisoning.
According to Musa Kurgat, whose four brothers are hospitalised alongside other victims of the poisoning, the incident happened at a neighbour's onion plantation where they had been hired to dig irrigation trenches.
Mr Kurgat said shortly after they took Githeri for lunch at about 3pm on Friday, the labourers complained of excruciating stomach aches, continuous vomiting and pain in their mouths.
“My brothers had gone out to do some menial jobs in search some pocket money for the Christmas festivities. They are school boys and they also needed money ahead of school reopening in January,” said Mr Kurgat.
A total of 17 people who were working at the farm were rushed to the hospital after the Friday incident.
Four of them have since been confirmed dead.
Source: Daily Nation
