Kisumu County government has ordered for the inspection of all market places and hotels in Kisumu.
Health CeC Dr Elizabeth Ogaja has ordered for the inspection saying that there are fears that the cholera outbreak in the neighbouring Homa Bay County has reached Kisumu.
Speaking to the press in her office today, the county executive said that she is yet to confirm if fears that the cholera pandemic has reached Kisumu.
Ogaja said that she has ordered for the inspection of all market places and local hotels in the county.
“We are going to start with the ones within the town before we proceed to those in Seme, Nyakach, Muhoroni and Nyando sub-counties. Any hotel or market trader found not to be health-friendly will either be closed or any other serious penalty taken against both the owners and the traders,” she said.
The county government has already deployed a total of 200 health workers to conduct the inspection within the county.
At the same time, Dr Ogaja said that Kisumu and Homa Bay counties were going to collaborate to see into how the outbreak could be eradicated.