The First Lady of Burundi, Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza is in Kenya for treatment for covid-19. She was evacuated from Bujumbura to Nairobi after testing positive.
Ms. Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza is currently receiving treatment for covid-19 at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. She was evacuated on Thursday May 28th on board an AMREF flying doctor’s plane.
According to Citizen TV Kenya, the first lady is reportedly accompanied by three bodyguards, one of whom is also affected.
Burundian journalist Esdras Ndikumana said a source in the Burundian presidency denied the evacuation of Ms. Denise Nkurunziza. Moreover, the same source claims that she is not suffering from covid-19. However, it admits that the outgoing first lady went to Kenya for an “endoscopic check-up of an ulcer. »
In addition, other Kenyan sources claim that the First Lady is not the only one in Kenya for covid-19 treatment. The Minister of Health, Dr. Thaddée Ndikumana, is reported to have been in the country for the same reasons since 21 May 2020.
Burundi is coming out of the election period. It has just held a triple ballot: presidential, legislative and communal.
The measures of social distancing and the wearing of masks were not respected during the campaign and on polling day.
Gérard Rugambwa
