About the Authors

Joshua Kiilu Muli

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

Johnstone O. Neondo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter K. Kamau

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya

George N. Michuki

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The African Genomics Centre and Consultancy, Nairobi, Kenya

Eddy Odari

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Nancy L. M. Budambula

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

budambula.nancy@embuni.ac.ke

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

Competing Interests

Author George N. Michuki is an employee of Africa Genomics Center and Consultancy, a commercial entity that is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The entity provides NGS sequencing and bioinformatic support. Sequencing in this study was done in Hong Kong at BGI Tech Solutions Ltd with knowledge and consent from all authors. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.