Kwale Governor H.E Salim Mvurya today led a special sitting of the County Emergency Response Team on Covid-19 at the county headquarters in Kwale.
In his address to the media shortly after the meeting, Governor Mvurya assured that surveillance at the Kenya-Tanzania border in Lunga Lunga as well as at Kwale-Mombasa county border will be bolstered.
The Governor stated that all those entering Kwale through the Kenya-Tanzania border in Lunga Lunga are tested and put under quarantine before being allowed to join the community.
“We are also testing long distance truck drivers who use our Samburu-Kinango road on transit to Tanzania. By Monday we had tested 109 drivers,” he said.
Governor Mvurya however urged all Kwale county residents to cooperate with County Public Health Officers and the security agencies on the ground, by ensuring that they strictly follow all the regulations set by the government to fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
He also warned those holding illegal gatherings that they will be taken on forced quarantine.
Aside from that, Governor Mvurya thanked all partners and well-wishers supporting the county government of Kwale by giving out foodstuff and non-foodstuff donations to help cushion vulnerable communities.
The Governor received foodstuff donations from Mohammed Jaffer Foundation and Wasini Maritime Limited.
So far Kwale county has only recorded two positive cases of coronavirus infections according to the national statistics.
As a senior who supports a young family in Ukunda, unemployed by the shut down of tourism. Can you clarify that a child going into highschool is sent off to a school of the government’s choosing? I pay rent and food for a flat, and surely the youngest can eat and sleep at home rather than go off to boarding school as is the elder son. That means paying rent three times and as the youngest has asthma he will not do well in the deplorable dorms I have seen. Can you advise?
Also, why is the government allowed to shut down schools a month or more early, and yet not return the room and board portion–let alone the lessons– of the prepaid fees. They just keep 6 weeks’ fees!!!! For tens of thousands of students. And then folks like my Ukunda mother have to starve to find fees again, not to say her youngest would do better if he had a full regimen of classes. Thievery abounds.