Nyali constituency MP Mohamed Ali has clashed with governor Hassan Ali Joho over the mass testing for Covid-19 that kicked off in Mombasa on Saturday May 2, 2020.
A section of the residents of Mombasa boycotted the exercise, forcing governor Joho to lose temper on them.
Joho scolded the residents of Old Town for what he termed as evading coronavirus tests.
The furious governor expressed his disappointment that residents failed to avail themselves for the mass testing which the county had rolled to ascertain the spread of the deadly virus.
He further stated that once the residents will once more not avail themselves for the testing, they will be locked up in their houses.
Responding to Joho’s outburst on the Saturday night, the vocal journalist-turned politician opposed Joho’s words pointing out that it was not wise for the governor to ‘threaten’ the residents.
He went on to state that as coastal leaders, they ought to come up with a strategy to support the residents. Some of which he mentioned were; allowing health professionals to do their work and also giving scientists humble time to investigate the condition and offer advisory measures.
He further disclosed that most of the residents are reluctant in going for the tests since once confirmed positive, they are informed that quarantine and treatment costs are at their own costs.
He called off the governor for setting aside Ksh 700 Million shillings for fighting the pandemic.
He questioned the move on when parliament discussed such amounts and also went on to ask if the money is there, why are the residents forced to pay for the services.
He also opposed Joho’s idea on calling for a lock down in the county due to increase in number of the confirmed positive cases
