Venomous Reality: The Baringo snakebite crisis that is taking lives

On the evening of Friday, February 7, the bell at Kapkoiwo Primary School in Baringo North rang, releasing learners from the confines of their classrooms and ushering in the boundless possibilities of a weekend, a weekend that would remain stark in a long time.

Like the two halves of a whole, nine-year-old twins Victor Ruto and Vicky, inseparable as always, rushed out of their classroom, school bags bouncing off their shoulders in a near-telepathic move.