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Five dead after consuming illicit brew in Bungoma

Bungoma Illicit Brew Victim

A nurse at Kimilili sub county hospital attends to a patient admitted after taking suspected poisoned illicit brew in Kamukuywa, Bungoma county.

Photo credit: Brian Ojamaa | Nation Media Group

Five people died on Tuesday after consuming illicit brew in Canaan village in Kamukuywa ward, Kimilili constituency, Bungoma county.

The victims, three women and two men, were among residents who complained of stomach-ache and general body weakness after consuming the brew, locally known as changaa.