The Ministry of health has confirmed cases of the chikungunya virus in Nakuru county.
Samples from two people, whose suspected cases were reported last week, were taken to the Kenya Medical Research Institute laboratory in Nairobi.
County medical services director Solomon Sirma confirmed infection on Tuesday saying the two were admitted at Nakuru Level Five Hospital.
"They were later discharged in stable condition," he told a press briefing.
Sirma said Nakuru will educate the public on symptoms of the disease and how to prevent it.
It is spread by an infected female mosquito and symptoms include headaches, acute joint pains, fever and general body weakness.
The director urged residents to clear bushes and drain stagnant water in residential areas to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.
On January 5, Mombasa county confirmed 32 cases of Chikungunya fever out of 120 suspected cases.
Following the outbreak, governor Hassan Joho launched five fogging machines to get rid of mosquitoes.
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