At 28, Davy Koech co-founded the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) with Prof. Mutuma Mugambi in 1979, becoming its youngest director.
Dr. Davy Koech, a pioneering figure in immunology and molecular medicine, is dead.
51 pupils were taken ill on Tuesday afternoon immediately after eating wild fruits picked from a tree within the school compound. They exhibited vomiting and acute abdominal pains.