Migori County government through the Governor, Okoth Obado has allocated KSh. 4.1 million to the purchase of coffins in the 2020/2021 financial year on July 8, 2020.
The Migori County Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee disclosed the coffins would go a long way to help the locals who have succumbed to natural disasters and aid them in arranging funerals for the loved ones.
The Department of Public Services Management was given Ksh. 3.6 million out of the KSh. 4.1 million to purchase coffins.
Ksh. 500 million have been given to the Department of Disaster Management to aid in the aforementioned expenditure.
“The County Government is given an opportunity to accord its members befitting send-offs.” Tom Akungo, Chairperson Budget Committee Migori stated. “We based our allocation on the Public Service Commission Act of 2012. Every action undertaken is therefore lawful and a replica of what happens in the National Budget,”
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As of June 30, the Council of Governors detailed that Migori County had acquired 125 isolation beds as focus shifted to county health systems to manage the virus.
Only 12 counties out of 47 counties have surpassed the 300-bed mark stipulated by the Ministry of Health.
Akungo also disclosed that Mgori County was rather prone to inevitable and unplanned natural disasters such as tragedies in gold mines.
The committee further stated that the allocation would also aid local families and families of Migori County Staff.
