This archive report was first published on 7 August 2020.
Dr. Ken Ouko, a renowned sociologist and University of Nairobi lecturer, succumbed to COVID-19 complications on Saturday morning. He was 56 years old.
According to reports, Dr. Ouko was admitted to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi after testing positive for COVID-19. He was receiving treatment until his untimely death.
Dr. Ouko's passing brings the number of UoN lecturers who have died of COVID-19 to five since the pandemic struck the country in March.
His funeral was held on Friday at his rural home in Kamuma, Nyandiwa Village, Homa Bay County.
Meanwhile, a somber mood engulfed Nyangii'ela village in Homabay County as the body of Marianne Awuor Adumbo, a nurse who died from COVID-19 related complications, was being laid to rest at her home in Homa Bay County.
Marian, who was admitted to a Kisii Hospital, died last Sunday a week after giving birth to a baby boy.
As of Thursday, the national tally of people with COVID-19 was 23,873 after 538 more tested positive from 6,195 samples tested.
Cumulative tests in the country now stand at 335,318.
The number of people who have also died has risen to 399 after 8 more patients died in the last 24 hours.
