Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has tested positive for Covid-19.
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua made the confirmation on Tuesday during an event organised by artists to express gratitude to the government for waiving taxes on their Skiza tunes earnings.
Mutua said Ngilu has been admitted at the Nairobi hospital and is receiving treatment.
"Let us be careful. Covid-19 is real and can get anyone," Mutua said.
Sources at the hospital confirmed and said she has been in isolation since Sunday.
In March, Ngilu publicly received the Covid-19 vaccine which she said was inspired by President Uhuru Kenyatta doing so.
Ngilu said she had been apprehensive about receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine until the President got the jab.
“Just like many other Kenyans who were fearful, I was apprehensive. I got the inspiration to get vaccinated after the President did the same,” Ngilu said then.
Mutua was among guests at the artists' function in Murang'a in which ODM leader is the chief guest.
