Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya was on Wednesday among a group of relatives, locals and visitors that converged at Isokhe village.
The county boss attended the function to bid farewell to Evaline Namukhula, the woman who recently gave birth to five babies.
The county boss passed his condolences to the bereaved, saying that the death is a county loss, adding that his leadership will do the necessary to support the family of the deceased.
He said that he will look after the well being of the remaining children for the next 18 months, and will as well cater for the payment of the babysitters who will take care of them.
“Yale tumeamua kwa haraka nikuhakikisha tumelinda hawa watoto kwa mwaka moja na nusu. Tutagharamia maziwa na wale ambao watakua wanawaangalia tutawalipa.
(Our immediate resolve is to ensure that in the next one and half years, we will cater for food expenses of Evaline’s children and pay those who will be taking care of them)” he was quoted by the Standard.
He added that his county is also in the progress of building a house to shelter the three remaining children, after two died and were laid to rest on the night of Tuesday, April 16.
"These children are ours, our responsibility as a county government we will take care of them," he added.
Namukhula died of breathing problems while being treated at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on April 9, aged 28.