Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has championed the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat and prevent Covid-19 in Kenya.
Sonko through a Facebook post on Tuesday said the drug has been proven to be effective in treating and preventing Covid-19 and his administration is ready to distribute it to Kenyans once approved by the Health Ministry.
He noted that a cousin of his who works at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) tested positive for the virus and was cured using hydroxychloroquine.
“This is the reason why no Kenyan should die of Covid-19. I have tried the preventive part of it, which seems to be working for me. My own cousin, who works for KPA, was infected with Covid-19 but got cured after she was put on that same medication,” Sonko wrote.
Sonko further shared a video clip of Dr. Stella Emmanuel, a Nigerian doctor in the US who claims to have successfully treated 350 Covid-19 patients using the anti-Malaria drug.
Dr. Stella added that some of the 350 patients had underlying medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma.
She also claimed that she and her colleagues take the medicine and none of them has contracted the disease despite handling Covid-19 patients daily.
Sonko promised to distribute the medicine through his Sonko Rescue Team.
“Once approved by MOH and WHO, my county government shall liaise with the national government and put and out in place a good strategy as to reach out to the larger population who cannot afford the treatment are catered for by the government,” he added.
In March, US President Trump touted hydroxychloroquine and its biochemical cousin, chloroquine as potential “game changers” in the battle against Covid-19. He later announced on national television that he had been taking the drug himself as a preventative treatment.
How about he give people…
How about he give people food first? Now Hennessy is not working.There is no cure for Virus people recover they don’t get cured?
Hahaha!!!
Hahaha!!!
Mr Sonko, if the drug is as…
Mr Sonko, if the drug is as good as u claim why is covid hitting the USA so bad especially us who live in Cali. Remember u were elected to be a governer not a Doctor so pliz do ur job in fixing Nairobi problems n don’t be a dummy like Trump.
A Nigerian doctor in the US …
A Nigerian doctor in the US claims to have successfully treated 350 Covid-19 patients using the anti-Malaria drug? When you hear a story, consider the narrator. Who is this person? Why is she telling this story when she is? What feelings does she convey when she tells it? What if the true story is not as it seems? You might feel a strange lack of empathy. Sometimes people dramatize. Some people lie or feel so injured for rational or irrational reasons that they come to believe their own distortions. There is always a good reason to be suspicious of stories originating from Nigerians for Nigerians are known to be egomaniac and loud mouthed. Doctors in Houston and World Health Organization have said there is no prove hydroxychloroquine cure Covid-19. The drug has also been banned in Brazil for use in Covid-19 treatment because of it’s side effect. This Nigerian doctor with absurd claim is a typical Nigerian who just want to be noticed
She is based out of Houston,…
She is based out of Houston, my understanding is she is from Cameroon and went to school in Nigeria, she is an evangelical minister and a “wealth transfer coach”. She believes in demon sperm, and that spirit husbands and spirit wives having sex in dreams with witches and demons causes endometriosis, cysts, infertility, and impotence and that the Magic 8-Ball toy is some kind of scheme to involve children in witchcraft and is a psychic. There is more but she is in my layman’s estimation, a few fries short of a happy meal.
That’s very true. Last year…
That’s very true. Last year she made a statement that some diseases are caused by demons and that caused denunciation from us in scientific community because she did not have Scientific evidence to support her theory or hypothesis. is evidence that serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis. In science evidence is expected to be empirical evidence and interpretable in accordance with scientific method
@Shaka: Umesema kweli…
@Shaka: Umesema kweli kabisa. Inafaa wanasiasa, wanasheria, viongozi wa makanisa, wafanyi biashara, wakulima, waendesha vyombo vyote vya kusafiria wanyamaze na kuwapa nafasi wataalamu wa mambo ya afya, utafiti (research) wa kisayansi, na madaktari wazungumze.
Ndugu Wafula Chebukati: Unaona mambo machafu uliyowafanyia Wakenya kwa kumruhusu huyu Ndugu yetu Sonko agombee kiti cha uongozi nchini? Nakuomba usome Sura ya Sita ya Katiba ya Kenya kuhusu watu ambao wanafaa kugombea kiti chochote cha uongozi.
Fools + Fools = Fools…
Fools + Fools = Fools. Trumps Hydroxychloroquin + Sonko’s Hydroxychloroquin = Nothing.
Wow, how did the Nairobians…
Wow, how did the Nairobians Bargain for this fool!!!???
Isn’t that Trump’s favorite…
Isn’t that Trump’s favorite doctor who believes in demon sperm, reptilians, alien dna being used, magic 8 balls and other assorted forms of quackery? I wonder if Sonko will say he was under the influence of witchcraft when things go wrong.
Sonko is a completely mad…
Sonko is a completely mad fool!!
An illiterate governor…
An illiterate governor wishing to kill many citizens in Nairobi, Kenya!
Believe the idiotic nonsense…
Believe the idiotic nonsense from a bewitched Nigerian shit at your own risk! Metal illness can affect anyone; this Nigerian “dr” included! She says take what to fight covid19?? Haya!!
Whatever happened to us,…
Whatever happened to us, Kenyan? Have we become such gullible fools Wasn’t this man charged with public corruption the other day? What an Idiot????????? Why is he still in the office? Why isn’t he held accountable for his financial corruption ???? Sisi wananchi have accepted a foolish village thug as the governor of the capital city. Now he want to take some alien conspiracy theories as science. This is very dangerous. It is very frightening to here such nonsense. If this medicine was that good, nations all over the world would have invested in it’s therapy. Scientists all over the world are working day and night to come out with some kind of effective therapy to tackle this pandemic. If Sonko want to consult one of his village “doctor” for his own family well and good. Please don’t misled the public who are already hurting. This virus is extremely contagious. This is not the common cold. Leave the science of diseases to the professional. Please people use your common sense.
H.E Mike Sonko, kindly keep…
H.E Mike Sonko, kindly keep off Science and concentrate on the squables at Nairobi CityHell. Let Scientists work and stop joking when people are dying world wide.Acha mzaha wako. Corona sio Corolla.
Hydroxychloroqine has dangerous side effects and whomever said Africans are Daft was not very far frm the mark… You are……
I concur with your opinion…
I concur with your opinion and wish to refer those followingTrump Stella and Sonko blindly to this link:-
https://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/hydroxychloroquine
Dear Sonko,
Nairobi county…
Dear Sonko,
Nairobi county needs you to do your job, and not moonlight as a medical doctor.
You’ve disappointed millions, so you need to redeem yourself!