All Uasin Gishu County MCAs Ordered to Self-Isolate After Colleague Succumbs to Covid-19

All Uasin Gishu county MCAs are set to be tested for Covid-19 and proceed to self-isolation after their colleague succumbed to the disease.

All Uasin Gishu County Assembly members of staff are also required to undergo testing and self-isolation. 

This is after an autopsy revealed that Huruma Ward MCA Peter Kiiru Chomba died from Covid-19, according to County Assembly Speaker David Kiplagat.

Speaking during a media briefing on Sunday, Speaker Kiplagat ordered all MCAs and assembly workers to proceed on a 21-day compulsory leave.

“We wish to confirm to the public that we have received the autopsy results of the deceased, and we can confirm that he died from Covid-19, in lieu of this notice, all members of staff and county MCAs will undergo screening, the assembly’s premises will also remain closed for 21 days,” said Kiplagat.

Governor Jackson Mandago expressed concerns over the continued disregard of Covid-19 containment measures by the county’s residents.

“We have dropped guard, I have been around town; people do not wear masks and there is no social distancing, I have seen supermarkets that people are no longer washing hands, we need to go back to the measures that had reduced the infections,” Governor Mandago said.

The public viewing of MCA Chomba’s body which was scheduled for Monday has been called off.

Chomba is reported to have collapsed and died while undergoing treatment at the Eldoret Hospital on October 10th.

He had been rushed to the facility after developing breathing complications.