FEAR! THIS Mysterious Disease Killing Several Local People In One Week

Migori residents are now a frustrated lot after a strange Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) broke out in the area. The disease, which has been nicknamed “Jakadala”, reportedly kills its patients in under one week. Medics from the county have also been alarmed promising to look into the matter.

“There is a lot of talk about the disease called Jakadala, which, according to rumours, has terrible signs. Already, a surveillance team is out to ascertain facts.

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“What we currently know is that the disease has been named after a popular musician. What we have are rumours, but we are not taking chances,” stated Health Executive Isca Oluoch.

Fear of the disease was further fueled by claims that up to five patients had been admitted and were being treated for the strange disease.

Some medics narrowed down on a private hospital located in Awendo in which two of the patients had reported signs of the disease.

“We called the administrator of the hospital and the clinical officer and they were not positive. Our team will start from there,” remarked Oluoch according to the Star.

The rumors were however started after Migori County Referral Hospital admitted a patient who was suffering from cancer of the penis.

The disease was reported to have affected the areas of Awendo, Komito mines in Rono sub-county and Kuria, Suna and Nyatike areas.

Migori is one of the areas with a high Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV viruses due to the prevalence in prostitution. No death had, however, been reported in connection with the disease.

The fear was fuelled by reports that about five patients are being treated for the disease. Medics have moved in to know more about the disease.

“There is a lot of talk about the disease called Jakadala, which, according to rumours, has terrible signs. Already, a surveillance team is out to ascertain facts,” Health executive Isca Oluoch said on Monday.

“What we currently know is that the disease has been named after a popular musician. What we have are rumours, but we are not taking chances.”

The surveillance team has focussed on a private hospital in Awendo subcounty where two patients reported their conditions.

“We called the administrator of the hospital and the clinical officer and they were not positive. Our team will start from there,” Oluoch said.

She said the rumour started in Awendo’s Nyarombo gold mines. There has been a gold rush in the area. Other suspected areas are

Komito mines in Rongo subcounty and the gold mining areas of Kuria, Suna and Nyatike. The gold belt region has high STI and HIV-Aids prevalence because of prostitution.

Oluoch said the rumours spread after a patient suffering from penile cancer was admitted to the Migori County Referral Hospital.

“The case we have in the referral hospital is not an STI. The patient has been suffering for the past five years. This is not part of the rumours we get that a patient can succumb to Jakadala,” Oluoch said.

The county government is on high alert and plans are underway to have the national government and other partners intervene.

According to the latest government data on HIV prevalence, Migori is at 13.3 per cent. Oluoch urged residents to adopt healthy lifestyle and practice safe sex.

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