The Star’s fact-check desk investigated this claim and established that no such incident had happened. We made an inquiry at the Busia County Government to find out if they had been informed about the alleged marriage. Chief Officer Health Isaac Omeri confirmed there was no such marriage that had taken place. Secondly, we looked at the details of the four doctors deployed in Kakamega and Busia counties to establish whether one among them was identified as Manuela as claimed in the photo. The Star established that while Busia county received two doctors; a family doctor and a nephrologist - David Rodrigues and Sorangel Taylor, Kakamega received family physician Alba Gercia, who specialises in comprehensive health care, and intensivist Milver Gomez - a specialist in critical care.

Source: The Star August 05, 2020 06:56 UTC