KWS Under Fire Over Snakebite Deaths

Each year, reports show that nearly 20,000 people are bitten by snakes, with the bites resulting in between 1,000 and 4,000 deaths...

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The Commission of Administrative Justice (CAJ) has ordered the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to release snakebite death data from 2022 to the present, threatening prosecution for non-compliance.

The CAJ demands statistical summaries of snakebite-related deaths within 21 days.
Key figures involved include the KWS Director General, Erustus Kanga, and the Commission of Administrative Justice.
The data is required by the Senate to address a petition concerning public health and administrative accountability, following an estimated 1,000 to 4,000 deaths annually from snakebites in Kenya.

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