There is a high alert to health Officials and doctors in Kakamega after 72 students from Mukumu girls School were hospitalized with diarhoea as reported by Citizen Tv.

County public health has ruled out cholera after tests revealed a possibility of food poisoning. However an official statement will be issued by the hospital director of communication Sumba Juma “once the facts are ascertained’

The hospital is curently receiving more casualties and still conducting severe tests of the patients.

Health officials have established inspection on the school to establish the cause of the ilness and is trying to implement methods to curb extra spread to vulnerable students.