Revelations that Vihiga County's Covid-19 emergency committee spent Sh10.2 million on precautionary measures and other logistics in the first 51 days of the fight against the pandemic has caused an uproar over the expenditures.

The Vihiga Covid-19 committee co-chaired by Governor Wilber Ottichilo and County Commissioner Ochilo Oyugi has consequently come into sharp focus following the statement that was sought by Lugaga/Wamuluma MCA Victor Ijaika.

According to the report, the vote on media coverage was used to create awareness to the general public on the dangers and preventive measures of Covid-19.

The documents include the Health Department Work Plan on Covid-19, the third supplementary budget that allocated the committee a total of Sh28 million, receipts and payments and distribution list of items procured so far.

The county government set up the Kisumu County Covid-19 Response Call Centre in collaboration with Maseno University and Pharm Access on May 6, 2020.