Uproar as Migori County Allocates 4.1 Million for Funeral Arrangements Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

Migori County Government under Governor Okoth Obado has allocated Ksh 4.1 million for funeral arrangement and purchase of coffins in the 2020/2021 financial year.

Migori County Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee said that the allocation would help locals tussling with organizing funerals for loved ones who succumb to natural disasters.

The Department of Public Services Management was allocated Ksh3.6 million to purchase coffins and the remaining Ksh500 million given to the Department of Disaster Management for the same.

“The County Government is given an opportunity to accord its members befitting send-offs. We based our allocation on the Public Service Commission Act of 2012. Every action undertaken is therefore lawful and a replica of what happens in the National Budget, ” said Tom Akungo the Chairperson Budget Committee Migori.

The Budget Committee Chairperson further stated that Migori County is exposed to natural disasters for instance tragedies that occur in gold mines adding that the allocation would also help residents.

The county’s budget allocation came after county governments were tasked to take care of Covid-19 patients in their county’s with President Uhuru Kenyatta directing Governors to intensify the fight against coronavirus after reopening the country on 6 July.

“Firstly, the order to re-open is given conditionally.  Should the situation deteriorate and pose a challenge to our health infrastructure, it shall be ‘clawed back’.  In the next 21 days, we shall study patterns of interactions and the spread of the disease.

“Any trends that signal a worsening of the nuisance, we will have no choice but to return to the lock-down at zero-option,” the President notified.

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