The family has confirmed that all five babies born at Nakuru Level Five Hospital on Wednesday are dead.

The first child did on Wednesday evening, while the rest are said to have breathed their last on Thursday.

The five were born underweight and incubated at Nakuru Level 5 Hospital’s Margaret Kenyatta Mother and Baby wing.

On Wednesday, the hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Aisha Maina said the four girls and one boy weighed between 500 grams and 650 grams.

She said the mother, 25-year-old Margaret Wangui was in a stable condition and would be discharged once the infants attained the right body weight.

Speaking to TV47, Nakuru Level Five Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Aisha Maina explained that five newborns birthed in Nakuru County on Wednesday, February 1, had minimal chances of survival as they were underweight.