The county assembly of Bungoma has been closed for two weeks after top officials tested positive for coronavirus.
The officials are receiving treatment at the Bungoma County Referral Hospital and have been oxygen for the last four days, according to sources.
“They were checked in having tested positive for corona with difficulties in breathing, they have however been responding well to treatment, with both having been put on oxygen,” the source who works at the facility but sought anonymity told the Star.
Sonko News has also established that another official has tested positive for the virus and has been under self-isolation for the last one week.
The county assembly was closed after concerns rose that at least 11 members had been in contact with the official.
Speaking to a local daily, the assembly speaker Emmanuel Situma said it had been resolved that the assembly close down for at least two weeks to allow all the members to carry out Covid-19 tests.
At the moment, three MCAs have already tested positive.
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Situma added that the assembly will only resume after receiving the advice of health officials and necessary measures being taken.
Bungoma majority leader Joesph Nyongesa on the other hand questioned why the county officials had not gone public with their status and continued to interact with residents.
“It is very unfair for leaders to test positive and quietly go to isolation without making it public yet they had interacted with people; this will precipitate the spread,” Nyongesa said as reported by the Star.
