Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has defended the ongoing exercise of distributing food aid to vulnerable families in the county.

Speaking during a live interview broadcast on all stations in Mombasa, Joho dismissed claims that the exercise is biased.

There have been complaints especially on socia medial that the food does not reach to the intended families but few individuals who are well connected and known to those involved in the distribution exercise.

"There is so much that is being said out there but what i can say is let's encourage those who have volunteered to distribute the food, these people are not paid by the county government. Let's learn to appreciate" said Joho

"We have so many cases of vulnerable families who have received the food, why don't they talk about this"' he added.

The governor also took issue with sentiments that his efforts to help the vulnerable families are a public relation exercise.

He charged "You know very well that am serving my last term, i'm not in a political contest anymore and not after any mileage".

The food aid which aims at helping vulnerable families during this tough times of corona virus targets over 200,000 families.

Joho also urged the residents to shun stigmatisation insisting the corona virus is not a death sentence.

''Covid-19 is not a curse , shame or death sentence, we need to stop stigmatisation,” he said.

He further called for a behavioural change from residents saying this will be the only way to defeat the deadly virus.