Nairobi County and the DCI will investigate the Gikomba market fire and look into ways of preventing similar incidents, Governor Mike Sonko has said.
After silence that worried residents on Thursday, the Governor visited the victims at Kenyatta National Hospital, hours after Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki.
At least 15 people died while 70 were injured in the early morning fire at the expansive market. A child died early on Friday at KNH, from where 19 of those injured were discharged.
Sonko walked from bed to bed, consoling the victims and their loved ones.
“My administration and the DCI will investigate the incident to ascertain the cause and come up with long term solutions,” he said.
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Kariuki said the government will supply more medicine and other items to the hospital for this emergency, but assured that KNH is well-equipped to handle all the patients. She said 50 people were still being treated.