Over 60 students at Kalyet Secondary School in Kericho were rushed to hospital on Monday after they complained of stomach pains that persisted for hours after eating suspected contaminated food.

The students are reported to have eaten a mixture of beans and maize on Sunday during lunchtime, after which some of them began complaining of stomach pains.

The first cohort of 47 students, whose symptoms had persisted, was rushed to the Londiani Sub County Hospital on Monday morning, including 9 boys and 38 girls.

The majority of them are reported to have shown early vomiting symptoms that persisted overnight.