• Four women are confirmed dead and 13 injured following a stampede at the Kericho Green Stadium
• The deadly incident happened at 3am on Friday hours before the stadium gates were opened for the public
• A statement from the police says the incident happened after a tea vendor spilt tea on an open fire causing panic
Four women are confirmed dead and 13 injured following a stampede at the Kericho Green Stadium, the venue of this year’s Mashujaa Day Celebrations.
A photo of a section of the Kericho Green Stadium Photo courtesy; Twitter
Police say the deadly incident happened at 3am on Friday hours before the stadium gates were opened for the public ahead of the national celebrations led by President William Ruto.
A statement from the police says the incident happened after a tea vendor spilt tea on an open fire causing panic.
“The stampede caused by a lady who was selling tea outside the stadium who accidentally spilled hot tea in the fire near gate “C” along the public road, as a result, members of public panicked and mistook it to be a teargas thrown to them,” said the police.
The injured, who are reported to be in stable condition were rushed to the Kericho County Referral Hospital while the dead were moved to the hospital’s morgue awaiting identification and postmortem.
