The 60-year-old woman was saved after she fell into a pit latrine in Kirinyaga County's Gitwe village.

In the 45-foot latrine within her compound, which also houses dorms for Kirinyaga University students, Rosemary Wangithi Koori was heard sobbing.

After hearing the distress calls, neighbors informed the county government right away. A squad of firefighters was sent to the scene.

"She stayed inside this pit latrine for about 30 minutes as we waited for the fire fighters to arrive," Wangithi's neighbor Peter Mwangi said.


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Chief Fire Officer John Kiama said following the woman's rescue that Wangithi was saved and taken right away to Kerugoya Hospital.

Wangithi is admitted to Kerugoya referral hospital, and relatives say she responds well to treatment.

Wangithi is a landlady who rents her houses to a number of students at Kirinyaga University. 

"These are hostels of Kirinyaga university students and we wonder why she is using a mabati old toilet yet she has the capacity to build a good toilet in this compound," John Kiama asked.