Thika Main Prison in Central Kenya has reported an outbreak of cholera, with 38 inmates affected in the past one week.
Prison-in-Charge Karani Limanye said the first case was reported on April 8, saying one patient is still admitted at Thika Level V Hospital, nine others are recuperating, and the rest are in stable condition.
Out of the 38, 36 are men, and two are women. Limanye said four offenders sentenced at neighbouring Ruiru Law Courts transmitted the disease to the facility.
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The officer said the situation has been contained, and those affected have been isolated to curb the spread of the disease.
“The cases came from Ruiru court where offenders were admitted at the prison with cholera symptoms. Then it spread to other inmates. Luckily, we have no fatality because of our prison doctor who helped stabilize the patients before the situation worsened,” said Limanye.
The area Member of Parliament Alice Ng’ang’a urged the correctional facility to improve its hygiene after donating water tanks.
“It is all about cleanliness and hygiene.
I am advising those living in and of prison 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,” said MP Alice.
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