President Uhuru Kenyatta should set up and fund a scientific team to find a cure for the coronavirus, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has said.
In a statement on Thursday, Mutua said Uhuru should allocate a start-up budget for Covid-19 cure research and to set up a special team of top multi-sectoral scientists and other relevant persons to lead the research.
"We are capable .....We need to think beyond social distancing and washing hands, even though they are vital. We have to think and work towards a permanent solution while preventing and slowing down the spread of the virus," he said.
The governor said it was critical to find a cure, vaccine, or drug combination that stops the virus.
"Each county can also motivate its scientists and galvanize a mindset of research towards solving the coronavirus quagmire," he said.
"That I believe, is the smart and proper thing for us humans to do. Coronavirus will not cure itself. What we are doing now is managing the spread and this can go on forever," Mutua added.
The governor said it was critical to find a cure, vaccine, or drug combination that stops the virus.
"Let us utilize the brains we have - and start with those ones already doing something with the little they have because they have the winning attitude," he said.
On Wednesday, Mutua bashed Kenyan professors even as Kenya grapples with containing the spread of coronavirus.
In a video shared on his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Mutua said professors and PhD holders should get out of their comfort zones and find a cure.
"Professor mzima, where are you? Where is the solution you are giving to the world? Or are you seated here waiting for other countries to come up with a cure then import them here?" he posed.
So far Kenya has 81 confirmed Covid-19 cases since its outbreak on March 13. Globally the death toll has surpassed the 45,000 mark with over 900,000 confirmed cases.
