This archive report was first published on 14 July 2020.
On July 9, 2020, Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho and Suna East MP Junet Mohammed chartered a private jet to visit ODM leader Raila Odinga, who was recovering after undergoing a back surgery in Dubai. However, one of Joho's bodyguards, who had been in Nairobi the previous week, tested positive for coronavirus.
The bodyguard, who had contracted the virus in Nairobi, was placed under mandatory quarantine at the Mombasa Beach Hotel along with four other colleagues. The five had escorted Joho to Nairobi on July 7, where the county boss appeared before the Senate Public Accounts Committee.
After the bodyguard tested positive, Joho was forced to travel to Dubai with a leaner security team. The current COVID-19 status of Governor Joho, who returned to Kenya on July 13, remains unclear, though his last test result was negative.
Mombasa is the second-most affected county by the pandemic after Nairobi, with over 1,720 COVID-19 infections confirmed.
