Covid 19: Kenyans receive lesson from kisumu city

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Kisumu was established in 100 years go along the shore of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya region. It now the third-largest Kenyan City after Nairobi and Mombasa.lt has a population of over 1.5 million people. It now controls by the governor Peter Anyang nyongo.

The Kenya national government, President Uhuru Kenyatta, minister for health Mutahi Kagwe and his team must learn the following from Kisumu county government led by former senator, former minister of health in Kenya professor Peter Anyang Nyongo.

When the pandemic was first reported in Kenya. Governor Professor Anyang Nyongo surprised the Kisumu County residents by reshuffling his cabinet and taking the position of Kisumu county minister of health. Many critics the governor is as selfish by holding the office and yet he held the office of the governor also. But until now we are seeing the fruits. Kisumu so far has zero confirmed Corona Virus Victim.

He ordered thoroughly cleaning around the city. He employed youths to do these jobs of sweeping, slashing tall grasses, making drainage and more. The whole Kisumu city and his surrounding were cleaned.

The governor went on the ground and talked with Kisumu residents where congestion was many. And relocated them where they were freely moving. Big open markets were relocated and subdivided into several places. Kisumu bus stage vehicles are removed and lined in the conduct of one per stage while the rest were kept.

Governor Anyang has also made a deal with Safaricom and Mtiba to send Kisumu residents health guideline via SMS in local language Luo and National languages Kiswahili English. The messages read always stay home, wash your hands with running water or sanitize, keep a distance of at least 2 metres, wear masks everywhere you are, don't shake hands or use hands to touch your face nose mouth.

The governor has set up ready set facilities with ventilator ICU beds. Intensive care facilities like Kenya Medical Training College as a quarantine place.

He has gone on and put awareness of the deadly disease Corona Virus. There is a mobile loudspeaker vehicle sponsor by his government daily communicating to residents that coronavirus is real and they should follow government directives and precautions.

He has used his local askaris and Kenya Police to reinforce and make residents follow these rules peacefully.

He has put strategies to start distributing foods to the less fortunate residents. Indeed professor Anyang Nyongo is a man of the plan. And he has won it by recording no positive COVID -19 positive cases despite Kisumu population exceeding 2 million people.




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