Nairobi, March 30 -- The National Assembly has submitted to the Ministry of Health a list of MPs and parliamentary staff it wants tested for Covid-19, as the country scales up efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Over 50 legislators and parliamentary staff may have interacted with Rabai MP Kamoti Mwamkale, who recently tested positive for the virus.
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The two-term MP is said to have contracted the disease after coming into contact with Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi during the March 9 burial of Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori.
On Sunday, a senior parliamentary official said that Mr Mwamkale is currently undergoing treatment in hospital.
"Parliament has since notified the Ministry of Health to trace and subjec...