My dear brothers and sisters. Many of you have been calling to ask us about the messages in the social media. We in the parish wish to make an official statement to all our parishioners.
RE: FR. RICHARD ODUOR AND COVID-19
Fr. Richard Oduor came to Holy Family Catholic Church Utawala from Rome on Thursday 12th of March 2020. He passed through all the tests for Covid-19 at JKIA. After spending the night in the Parish house, he traveled on Friday the 13th of March to attend a funeral at Ugunja in Siaya County. The same Friday was when the first case of Covid-19 in Kenya was announced and it was someone who came from outside the country the previous week.
We asked Fr. Richard to stay at his home place in Kisumu for 14 days and self-quarantine but he insisted he wanted to come back. We allowed him back on the condition that he would self-quarantine and isolate himself for 14 days. On his arrival on Monday the 16th, we immediately took him to a room at the back of the parish compound (which was formerly a store) and isolated him there. We never allowed him to say any Mass in the Parish (Holy Family) or the outstation (St. Patrick’s, Mavoko).
On Friday, the 20th of March after some fever and vomiting, Fr. Richard was taken to Mbagathi hospital where yesterday we were informed that he tested positive for Covid-19. Unfortunately, even though we made sure that Fr. Richard was in isolation, we learned that during his period of isolation/quarantine, he had (on his own volition) visited some friends. Fr. Richard has taken responsibility for that and tried to inform those he met at this time according to the guidelines from the Ministry of Health.
Since the information about his status became known to us, and even though we had taken all precautions and avoided contact with him throughout the week, as an extra precaution, we have decided to get ourselves tested for Covid-19 tomorrow and also to quarantine ourselves for the next 14 days. Please let us pray for each other as we continue to take the necessary precautions and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Frs. Bosco Kamau and Anthony-Mario Egbunonu
Priests serving Holy Family Catholic Church, Utawala.
Anonymous says
THE Roman Catholic Church, like the Anglican Church started by King HENRY V[[[ of England, have been sources of many evils and destruction to humanity on planet earth!
This also indicates the double standard applied to the ruling elites and religious clergy when it comes to enforcing any rules and regulations! Regulations only apply to the poor and powerless!!!
THEY ARE THE RICH AND POWERFUL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS who spread PANDEMICS like COVID-19! BUT, they are the poor population who do the dying due to poverty!!
This Catholic priest has just infected a bunch of Luo citizens at a funeral in Ugunja, after carrying the disease all the way from Italy and getting a CLEAN bill of health at JKIA !! GOOD JOB REVEREND!! They are now praying to God, the same God who was unable to stop Fr. Richard Oduor from spreading the pandemic!
Anonymous says
Take it easy my brother. God has a purpose you don’t seem to realise. Just work to save yourself and those near you. The bleme game is not the answer. It’s not the first time humanity is facing such threats. Our traditional herbal remedies can easily help manage this pandemic as the case in the 1940s. Some threats are man made.
This is nature’s soft power. It doesn’t matter how powerful a people are militarily and economically. Soft power is like spiritual power. That God you think failed is the ONE in control.
Anonymous says
GOD TAKES CARE OF THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF Their own population, DUDE!
The European’s God landed in African centuries ago and delivered land grab, slums, poverty, discrimination, ignorance and death to the NATIVES!
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