This archive report was first published on 14 July 2020.
University of Nairobi Professor from Bungoma Succumbs to COVID-19 ¶
On July 13, 2020, Bungoma county buried a doctor who contracted COVID-19 while treating patients in Nairobi. Just a day later, the county is back to grief following the death of another resident, Professor Maurice Kizito Mangoli.
Mangoli, a resident of Bumula, lost the fight to the respiratory disease while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital. He was a senior lecturer, department of electrical and information engineering at the University of Nairobi.
Bungoma governor Wycliffe Wangamati mourned him as 'a known to the world, a seasoned teacher, a well-travelled scholar and an expert engineer' who has his name and handprint on several building projects that have dotted Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Wangamati urged the residents to stay alert and adhere to the advice given by medical experts, saying 'we will only flatten the curve when all of us acknowledge the gravity of the situation COVID-19 has forced in our midst.'
As of July 13, 2020, Kenya had recorded 10,294 cases of COVID-19, including 2,946 recoveries and 197 deaths.
Earlier, Tony Waswa, the brother to Bungoma senator Moses Wetang'ula, who also succumbed to the virus, was buried in Sirisia, Bungoma county. On the same day, Kenya recorded its highest COVID-19 death toll in a single day at 12, pushing total fatalities to 197.
