Wear sweaters and gumboots during funeral vigils, Kakamega women urged

Kwisero residents queue to be examined and receive treatment during a free medical camp at Shirotsa Primary-Khwisero. Kakamega County Woman Representative Rachel Ameso asked women who were the majority beneficiaries to stay in warm clothes while attending funeral vigils to avoid diseases associated with cold. PHOTO: ROBERT AMALEMBA/STANDARD

KENYA: Kakamega County Woman Representative Rachel Ameso has asked women from the area to wear heavy clothes while attending funeral vigils to avoid diseases related to colds.

Ameso speaking at a free medical camp held in Kwisero-Shirotsa Primary, appeared surprised by what doctors told her last weekend of the beneficiaries of the exercise which saw over 1,000 patients treated.