Two inmates at Thika Prison have been hospitalised following the Cholera outbreak, Kiambu County Prison commander Karani Limanye confirmed.
Speaking to Citizen on Monday, April 17, the prison’s administrator revealed that the first case was reported on April 8, with 10 inmates infected with the disease the next day.
The waterborne disease initially infected 38 other inmates, but has since been contained, with only 10 cases reported on Monday.
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“All of them are stable although two of them are admitted at Thika Level 5 Hospital, others are with us here but they have been isolated,” Kiambu County Prison Commander Karani Limanye said.
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Thika Town Member of Parliament Alice Ng’ang’a, speaking after donating a water tank to the facility, urged the Prison Wardens to maintain high levels of Hygiene in and out of the prison to stop the spread of the disease.
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The lawmaker also urged the Kiambu County Government to raise public awareness about the dangers of Cholera and how to curb its spread.
“It is all about cleanliness and hygiene. I am advising those living in and out of prison that if there’s an outbreak of cholera, it means our hygiene has gone down instead of improving so just the same thing we used to do during covid-19, we should improve on our hygiene,” Thika Town Member of Parliament Alice Ng’ang’a stated.
