Over 100 worshippers from the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) in Mukanduini, Kirinyaga, have been hospitalised after consuming contaminated beef.

The churchgoers are said to have eaten the contaminated meal during a church event where a bull had been slaughtered for the Easter Sunday celebrations.

Reportedly, the victims started exhibiting food poisoning symptoms, including diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches and severe joint pain.

The victims are admitted and being treated in different facilities-both public and private- in the Kagio and Kerugoya areas of the county. "There are some at Kerugoya General Hospital, others at Kwanyaga and others at Kwagaku.