University of Nairobi professor from Bungoma dies of disease

– Professor Maurice Kizito Mangoli was a senior lecturer, department of electrical and information engineering at the University of Nairobi

– The don succumbed to COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi based hospital

– On Monday, July 13, Bungoma county buried a doctor who contracted the disease while treating patients in Nairobi

– As of Monday, the country had recorded 10,294 cases of COVID-19 which included 2,946 recoveries and 197 deaths

A day after residents of Bungoma laid to rest a medic whose life was cut short by COVID-19, the county is back to grief following the death of another resident.

Professor Maurice Kizito Mangoli, a resident of Bumula, lost the fight to the respiratory disease while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital.

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Mangoli was a senior lecturer, department of electrical and information engineering at the University of Nairobi. Photo: Governor’s Press Service – Bungoma County.
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Until his demise, Mangoli was a senior lecturer, department of electrical and information engineering at the University of Nairobi.

Bungoma governor Wycliffe Wangamati mourned him as “a known to the world, a seasoned teacher, a well-travelled scholar and an expert engineer” who has his name and handprint on several building projects that have dotted Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

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“As a county, we have suffered the brunt of COVID 19 pandemic that continues to ravage the country. As we mourn our gallant kinsmen being felled by this disease, let us stay alert and adhere to the advice given by our medical experts.

We will only flatten the curve when all of us acknowledge the gravity of the situation COVID-19 has forced in our midst. There has to be a radical shift in how we handle and interact with each other even as we pray for a cure,” said Wangamati.

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In a separate story, TUKO.co.ke reported that Doreen Lugaliki, the first Kenyan doctor to die of COVID-19 in her line of duty, was buried in Bungoma county on Monday, July 13.

She worked at Nairobi South Hospital and succumbed to the virus on Friday, July 10.

Earlier, Tony Waswa, the brother to Bungoma senator Moses Wetang’ulu, who also succumbed to the virus, was buried in Sirisia, Bungoma county.

On Monday, July 13, Kenya recorded its highest COVID-19 death toll in a single day at 12 pushing total fatalities to 197.

As of Monday, the country had recorded 10,294 cases of COVID-19 which included 2,946 recoveries.

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