Mabel Muruli governor Oparanyas challenger in the 2017 elections has succumbed to the deadly covid -19 virus
A billionaire and a charismatic Mable vied for governor of Kakamega on a Jubilee ticket but lost to incumbent Oparanya.
She has been on Ventilators and ICU for a week now and was at the Karen Hospital in NAIROBI.
She becomes the latest high profile leader from Kakamega county to die of covid,aday after Robert Sumbi a right hand man of Gov Oparanya succumbed to the disease. He was a minister and recently the chief of staff in Kakamega county government
Unconfirmed reports also indicate A business man in Kakamega “s Amalemba Estate also succumbed to covid last night.
Kakamega County headquarters has now been closed after 57 staffwork tested positive for COVID-19
Already churches, prisons, hospitals etc are closed due to covid in Kakamega.
Governor Wycliffe Oparanya confirmed that Kakamega has 316 confirmed infections, with 155 in isolation wards,
He also revealed that the county is in shortage of ICU experts
Available isolation centres in Kakamega County – Kakamega Referral Hospital and Likuyani – are already full.
The county has since opened two other facilities – Mautuma in Lugari and Emanyala in Butere – to accommodate the rising number of patients.
“We now order law enforcement officers within the county, including police, to arrest anybody found breaking COVID-19 regulations including wearing of masks,” directed Governor Oparanya.
