A 22-year-old man has died and another has been hospitalised at Magadi Soda Hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus in Shompole, Kajiado West.
The incident occurred after the men went fishing at the Ewaso Nyiro river in Kajiado County before the hippo struck and killed one and left another with serious injuries.
Lazarus Saigilu, who is the chairman of village elders has said that six people have died in a period of one year because of the hippo invasion.
According to Saigilu, humans and wild animals cling to the reducing water and cause conflict between them.
Shompole location chief Denis Kuyia has said that human wildlife conflict is a norm and deeply rooted problem in the region.
He has asked stakeholders and officers from the department of wild animals to take action and compensate residents.
In another incident, a middle aged man from Oloorkunono in Mosiro ward is fighting for his life 𝐢𝐧 Narok 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 after 𝐡𝐞 was attacked by an elephant.
The man is said to have sustained serious injuries after the elephant hit him on the abdomen.
