World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had received an alert on May 5 about suspected cases and had since deployed a mission to Ituri to support investigations that led to confirmation of the outbreak.

Speaking during the launch of a multi-agency road safety walk in Nairobi, the UN Security Coordinator in Kenya Bob Ngobi said the campaign was aimed at reinforcing the importance of responsible road use and recognising victims of road traffic accidents.

Coming up against 17 equally good athletes on the continent, Wanza won the gold medal in a time of 31 minutes and 33 seconds.