Four Siaya siblings perish after eating poisonous cassava

Four siblings die after eating poisonous cassava./COURTESY
Four siblings die after eating poisonous cassava./COURTESY

Four siblings died on Sunday after eating poisonous cassava in Uhuru village, Siaya county. They are Vivian Juliet, 15, Steven Otieno, 13, Christine Faith, 11, and eight-yea-old Calvin Otieno.

Their mother Peninah Ouma survived together with her third-born Roselyn Flavia. Ouma said Otieno was the first child to succumb to the poison.

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