Grief has struck a village in Luanda, Vihiga County, after two people died in a suspected food poisoning at a church.

Forty-six (46) other persons were hospitalised after consuming a meal of rice and beans at Paradiso PAG Church in Luanda.

Preliminary reports indicate that the affected persons had attended a church construction harambee at Paradiso PAG Church, where they ate the said food.

They displayed symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting.

The Vihiga County health department has since dispatched a team of experts to investigate the matter.

More to follow…