Kenya: Vodka Cures Eight With Brew Poisoning in Machakos

Eight people have been treated for methanol poisoning at the Machakos Level 5 hospital after consuming the killer brew that has claimed the lives of over 80 people and put another 186 in hospital across six counties.

The victims consumed the brew at Kathani village in Mwala Sub county. Machakos county executive in charge of public health and emergency services, Naomi Mutie said that the patients are now in a stable condition after they were treated for the methanol poisoning with alcohol.

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